The pandemic proved that ‘degrowth’ doesn’t help the planet

Published November 8, 2021 5:01am ET



There’s nothing like a climate summit to bring out all the Marxists, mugwumps, and misanthropes.

They want us to pursue “degrowth.” They tell anyone who will listen that “capitalism is killing the planet.” They call for “limitarianism,” their latest buzzword. We should, in other words, limit everything: our travel, our diet, our recreation, our procreation.

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