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Why economic growth is not the problem: Christer Gunnarsson at TEDxLund

2,606 views · Published 23 November 2012 · 26:00 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2012 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Christer Gunnarsson, who is a Professor at the Department of Economic History at Lunds University, has published plenty of books in economics and economic history and been involved in numerous research projects such as the acclaimed gapminder.org. In his latest book he tries to explain why economic growth is not the problem, but rather the solution for solving many of our sustainability issues, while at the same time debunking many of the popular myths regarding sustainability itself. Which is also what he tries to explain in his TEDxLund speech. 

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