(Un)flatten the curve: A simple model of sink capacity

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Ecological Economics

Abstract

The ongoing COIVD19 pandemic has brought public attention to exponential growth dynamics. Flatten the curve has become the clarion call of public health systems around the world struggling to cope with the burgeoning pandemic. Can ecological economists use this meme moment to bring exponential growth into the public discourse on sustainability? We present a modest proposal rooted in the elementary arithmetic of exponential growth. Our proposal calls for thinking about resilient and sustainable societies as an (un)flatten the curve exercise.

Publication Date

1-4-2021

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

Vol.182

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