steady state economy
sastyk | July 19, 2011Ok, folks, I'm taking a poll - what do you call a society and an economy that can't keep growing, but can get better in ways that haven't been part of the conventional measures. What I'm looking for is a word or a couple of words that are evocative, not boring, not too wordy or wonky and appealing.
Obviously, this is not a new concept - lots of writers and thinkers have played with this one. The problem is that I haven't liked any of their language. "Steady State Economy" is way too boring. "Ecocentrism" sounds way too close to "egocentrism." I like the word "subsistence" but let's be…