Video / October 23 2019
Capitalism
Can We Prosper Without Growth?
Is capitalism built for today’s challenges, or is it due for sweeping changes? As the wealth gap widens and natural resources shrink, the engine of capitalism — limitless growth — is clashing more and more with the need for sustainability on a planet whose very survival is threatened. Capitalism’s defenders say it’s adaptable to the moment, but a new movement is underway for alternative paths to prosperity without growth as its centerpiece, from the Green New Deal to initiatives in Africa and Latin America. Is common ground possible?
Participants in this video:
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Former President of Mauritius
Anand Giridharadas
Bestselling author, journalist and political commentator
Jason Hickel
Anthropologist at the London School of Economics
Ghida Fakhry
Doha Debates Moderator
Govinda Clayton
Doha Debates Connector, Senior Researcher in Peace Processes at ETH Zurich
Nelufar Hedayat
Doha Debates correspondent & host of Course Correction and #DearWorldLive