The Conditions for a Path Beyond Capitalism; Comment on “Can a Well-Being Economy Save Us?”

Document Type : Commentary

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Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

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In this commentary I aim to contribute to Ronald Labonté’s recent editorial “Can a Well-Being Economy Save Us?” on the role of well-being economies in providing for everyone’s needs within the limits of our planet. In particular, I add a couple of lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that can provide the required inspiration to plot a path beyond capitalism – one that is based on hope that change is possible, one where our understanding of well-being is detached from economic growth, one where demand and excess are challenged and one where we go beyond the market to meet our needs.

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