Rethinking Progress: Growth and Ecology within Planetary Limits

GDP growth is often taken as the default path to prosperity. Can growth be achieved in tandem with climate goals? What do we miss when we only use growth targets to guide policymaking? This discussion will examine the relationship between prosperity and ecological boundaries, asking whether “green growth” can deliver, what “de-growth” approaches get right (and wrong), and how law and institutions shape what is feasible.

Join the Rethinking Progress initiative for a wide ranging conversation with Professor Rebecca Henderson (Harvard Business School) and Professor Lucie White (Harvard Law School) on the limits of economic growth. Discussion moderated by HKS Professor Eliana La Ferrara.

*Please note this event is open to HUID holders (RSVP required) and may be recorded. Please contact the organizer with questions or concerns.