This book is a gem. It is a must read for any political economist who wants to understand what degrowth is all about. -- Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Confirming the strengths of the degrowth movement (in face of the illusory aspirations of growth economics), while remaining sensitive to its current limitations, this collection provides a valuable addition to the literature of the most important politico-economic development of our times. The reader will here find fresh optics on the formation and differing geographical settings of a degrowth political economy, and on the conceptual shifts around work, money, welfare and state intervention it will demand and provide for. -- Kate Soper, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, London Metropolitan University This vanguard volume provides motives and tools to re-purpose political economy toward sustainable well-being. Nourishing roots of political economic thought and practice (before it became dominated by growth), creative branches seeking other paths (Karl Marx, Andre Gorz, Marilyn Waring), and comparative cases (Brazil, Russia, Turkey), work together to open horizons for action from differing perspectives and positions in our uneven world. -- Susan Paulson, Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida, USA