Giorgos Kallis is Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has been a Leverhulme visiting professor at SOAS, University of London and a Marie Curie International Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-editor of Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era (2014).

• 1. What is degrowth?2. The economics of degrowth3. Economic growth from a degrowth perspective4. The case for degrowth5. The utopia of degrowth6. Controversies, debates and future research

This is a sparkling book. It is both an urgent rallying cry and a measured and accessible introduction to the topic. Brimming with insight and humour, it tackles the question that will shape aeons: if human society doesn't learn to shrink its material footprint the consequences will be dire – so how can that task be approached? Anyone who wishes that earth remains habitable should read this book.

Giorgos Kallis is Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has been a Leverhulme visiting professor at SOAS, University of London and a Marie Curie International Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-editor of Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era (2014).

• 1. What is degrowth?2. The economics of degrowth3. Economic growth from a degrowth perspective4. The case for degrowth5. The utopia of degrowth6. Controversies, debates and future research

This is a sparkling book. It is both an urgent rallying cry and a measured and accessible introduction to the topic. Brimming with insight and humour, it tackles the question that will shape aeons: if human society doesn't learn to shrink its material footprint the consequences will be dire – so how can that task be approached? Anyone who wishes that earth remains habitable should read this book.

Giorgos Kallis is Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has been a Leverhulme visiting professor at SOAS, University of London and a Marie Curie International Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-editor of Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era (2014).

• 1. What is degrowth?2. The economics of degrowth3. Economic growth from a degrowth perspective4. The case for degrowth5. The utopia of degrowth6. Controversies, debates and future research

This is a sparkling book. It is both an urgent rallying cry and a measured and accessible introduction to the topic. Brimming with insight and humour, it tackles the question that will shape aeons: if human society doesn't learn to shrink its material footprint the consequences will be dire – so how can that task be approached? Anyone who wishes that earth remains habitable should read this book.