Francisco Javier Carrillo is Emeritus Professor of Knowledge Systems at Tecnológico de Monterrey, founder of the World Capital Institute and the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development. His research interests are in knowledge-based development, capital systems, knowledge cities, and knowledge for the Anthropocene.

• List of tablesList of figuresPreface1. Introduction: Three converging concepts2. There are only alternatives3. Knowledge-Based Development4. Good lives: Striving to improve the human condition5. From post-development to Degrowth6. Social improvement dimensions7. Capital in the Anthropocene8. Occupying the economy9. Knowledge markets as commons10. Degrowth through knowledge-based urban commons

"Degrowth through Knowledge-Based Development is a spirited proposal for building an alternative social pathway, based on the principles of shared knowledge and sufficiency. Carrillo redefines progress for the 21st century, showing us how valuing intangible assets -especially knowledge - as a global commons can help societies sustainably flourish."Jeffrey Althouse, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France"What would qualitative development without quantitative growth look like? This book articulates a vision of knowledge-based development, one where human societies improve their wellbeing through shared knowledge, while staying within their planetary boundaries."Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, ICTA-UAB, Spain"Carrillo argues persuasively that the adaptive challenges of the Anthropocene can be met only through degrowth—deliberately shrinking human society’s flows of matter and energy; further, that degrowth can have acceptable outcomes only via knowledge-based development (shifting from obtaining value through material consumption to value based on cultural richness)."Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, USA"Degrowth through KBD offers an intriguing and stimulating argument for an economics better linked to the quality of our lives. It deserves to be read by those who are dissatisfied with where mainstream economic thinking is taking us and needs to be read by those who are not."Gareth Davies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Francisco Javier Carrillo is Emeritus Professor of Knowledge Systems at Tecnológico de Monterrey, founder of the World Capital Institute and the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development. His research interests are in knowledge-based development, capital systems, knowledge cities, and knowledge for the Anthropocene.

• List of tablesList of figuresPreface1. Introduction: Three converging concepts2. There are only alternatives3. Knowledge-Based Development4. Good lives: Striving to improve the human condition5. From post-development to Degrowth6. Social improvement dimensions7. Capital in the Anthropocene8. Occupying the economy9. Knowledge markets as commons10. Degrowth through knowledge-based urban commons

"Degrowth through Knowledge-Based Development is a spirited proposal for building an alternative social pathway, based on the principles of shared knowledge and sufficiency. Carrillo redefines progress for the 21st century, showing us how valuing intangible assets -especially knowledge - as a global commons can help societies sustainably flourish."Jeffrey Althouse, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France"What would qualitative development without quantitative growth look like? This book articulates a vision of knowledge-based development, one where human societies improve their wellbeing through shared knowledge, while staying within their planetary boundaries."Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, ICTA-UAB, Spain"Carrillo argues persuasively that the adaptive challenges of the Anthropocene can be met only through degrowth—deliberately shrinking human society’s flows of matter and energy; further, that degrowth can have acceptable outcomes only via knowledge-based development (shifting from obtaining value through material consumption to value based on cultural richness)."Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, USA"Degrowth through KBD offers an intriguing and stimulating argument for an economics better linked to the quality of our lives. It deserves to be read by those who are dissatisfied with where mainstream economic thinking is taking us and needs to be read by those who are not."Gareth Davies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Francisco Javier Carrillo is Emeritus Professor of Knowledge Systems at Tecnológico de Monterrey, founder of the World Capital Institute and the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development. His research interests are in knowledge-based development, capital systems, knowledge cities, and knowledge for the Anthropocene.

• List of tablesList of figuresPreface1. Introduction: Three converging concepts2. There are only alternatives3. Knowledge-Based Development4. Good lives: Striving to improve the human condition5. From post-development to Degrowth6. Social improvement dimensions7. Capital in the Anthropocene8. Occupying the economy9. Knowledge markets as commons10. Degrowth through knowledge-based urban commons

"Degrowth through Knowledge-Based Development is a spirited proposal for building an alternative social pathway, based on the principles of shared knowledge and sufficiency. Carrillo redefines progress for the 21st century, showing us how valuing intangible assets -especially knowledge - as a global commons can help societies sustainably flourish."Jeffrey Althouse, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France"What would qualitative development without quantitative growth look like? This book articulates a vision of knowledge-based development, one where human societies improve their wellbeing through shared knowledge, while staying within their planetary boundaries."Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, ICTA-UAB, Spain"Carrillo argues persuasively that the adaptive challenges of the Anthropocene can be met only through degrowth—deliberately shrinking human society’s flows of matter and energy; further, that degrowth can have acceptable outcomes only via knowledge-based development (shifting from obtaining value through material consumption to value based on cultural richness)."Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, USA"Degrowth through KBD offers an intriguing and stimulating argument for an economics better linked to the quality of our lives. It deserves to be read by those who are dissatisfied with where mainstream economic thinking is taking us and needs to be read by those who are not."Gareth Davies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands