"In the post-collapse era, economic and ecological sustainability increasingly will take center stage. Despite the eurozone crisis, Europe’s social capitalism, steady state economy, pluralistic democracies and environmental policies still provide the best foundation for comprehensive sustainability."  

American Steven Hill has this challenging analysis in the Social Europe Journal. Although he has the right diagnosis of the world’s economic and ecological crisis, his views on Europe’s "awareness of the need for comprehensive sustainability" seem a bit too rosy. He also uses a definition of the "steady state economy" which is too close to the "sustainable growth" paradigm.

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