@gwagner That article does have a good outline of the issues, which The Economist is good at. It also dismisses the ideas with an oversimplified, sweeping generalization. The Economist is also good at that. "It turns out voters do not much like stagnation; the newish premier, Giorgia Meloni, rails against “Greta Thunberg’s ideology” killing jobs." People don't like struggling or not having jobs. Many growth-centered economies have delivered this state, that can't be pinned on de-growth.