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Economic Growth: Opportunity or Risk

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The assessment of economic growth is a subject of intensive controversy. This controversy is not a new one. In 1967, Mishan outlined the negative consequences of economic growth in his book entitled “The Costs of Economic Growth”. A characteristic feature of the current debate is that the controversy is becoming more diversified through the approaches of proponents and opponents.

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  1. Sustainable Economics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Michael von Hauff

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  1. Institute for Earth System Preservation, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany

    Peter A. Wilderer

  2. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany

    Ortwin Renn

  3. Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, Munich, Germany

    Martin Grambow

  4. Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Michael Molls

  5. Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Klaus Mainzer

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von Hauff, M. (2018). Economic Growth: Opportunity or Risk. In: Wilderer, P., Renn, O., Grambow, M., Molls, M., Mainzer, K. (eds) Sustainable Risk Management. Strategies for Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66233-6_3

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