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    The article explicitly discusses 'the history of degrowth' - this Wikipedia article covers the intellectual movement questioning economic growth as a societal goal, its origins in 1970s ecological economics, and its evolution into a political and social philosophy

Top Links 945 Why the US feels so expensive. The electrotech solution space. The history of degrowth & the most remote village in China.

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Zlatyu Boyadzhie, Diptych, 1941

What income does a household really need to be able to get by without undue strain in US society in 2025, and why does it feel like the financial threshold for a middle-class life has been climbing ever higher?

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