Question 1

The inventor of GDP (Robert Solow) stated that

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Continued growth will be too destructive to the environment.

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A healthy economy creates a healthy society.

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After the great depression it is of utmost importance to safeguard growth for a healthy economy.

Question 2

The era in which humans have made such an impact on their environment is called

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anthropocene

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holocene

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pleistocene

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humanocene

Question 3

Kate Raworth's Donut Economy

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based on the natural sciences model of planetary boundaries

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envisions circular flows of resources

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looks like the model of sustainability where people, planet and profit meet in the middle for the sweet spot.

Question 4

Sustainability is

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recognising the limits of the biosphere and designing an economic thinking that fits in it.

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the balancing of people, planet and profit.

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using circular economy to keep  a positive GDP.

Question 5

In the video, Kate Raworth says our economies

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are more unequal (the difference between rich and poor) than thirty years ago.

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are fully grown, and should not grow.

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can keep growing as long as we care for the social welfare of each other.

Question 6

Kate Raworth says that our economic growth in the 20th century was due to

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fossil fuels.

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the stock market.

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the exploitation of foreign markets.

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the increase of agriculture.

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