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Paul Sutton

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Paul C. Sutton

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Why a population of, say, 15 million makes sense for Australia
11 Jul 2017
Peter Martin, James D. Ward, Paul Sutton
The Conversation

Australia's GPI, a broad measure of national wellbeing, has stalled since 1974. So what has been the point of huge population and GDP growth since then if we and our environment are no better off?

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Is decoupling GDP growth from environmental impact possible?
14 Oct 2016
James Ward, Paul Sutton, Adrian Werner, Robert Costanza, Steve Mohr, Craig Simmons
PLOS One

This research demonstrates growth in GDP ultimately cannot be decoupled from growth in material and energy use. It argues for discarding GDP growth as the goal in favor of more comprehensive measures of societal wellbeing.

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