Degrowth Economics: Jason Hickel's Well-Being Regime

This text explores Jason Hickel's revolutionary approach to contemporary economics, focusing on the degrowth paradigm. The author questions the validity of GDP as the primary measure of a country's success, pointing to the need to shift toward a well-being regime. The central focus of this discussion is Hickel's "growth lie test"—a tool for assessing public policies that must simultaneously improve quality of life and reduce the material and energy footprint. The article also addresses the demonetization of basic services, the decolonization of the economic imagination, and the restoration of subjectivity to nature. This comprehensive vision for the transformation of the financial and social systems aims to equitably redistribute resources within planetary boundaries, offering concrete solutions to the challenges of the Anthropocene.