this is not the kind of freedom that we want. to do when you become a gateway to islamist terror. an exclusive report from a destroyed city. in the sights of iraq's starts october 24th on t.w. . growth is a key factor for prosperity in any society that's basic economics but in the face of rising concern about our natural environment and the effects of climate change more and more people are asking could it be that less growth is actually molts or can we achieve growth that is actually good for the planet and how those are the questions

we're asking today on maids and some of the answers might surprise you in the wake of the fridays for future movement it's not only schoolchildren protesting against climate change around the world in germany they have now been joined by businesspeople a group of 4000 startup founders is calling for a new approach to industry and production they call themselves entrepreneurs for a future so let's listen. beyond the name them i think our businesses are always used as an excuse that they conjure won't change and you mustn't harm the economy the way here is wrong should be news to say that we're ready to take action to protect our climate. what's going through the north for short haul flights or something only and sexually attack we have

a policy both in our private lives and in the company that we won't take a plane for any trip under a 1000 kilometers. good thing we need to change our system and work with politicians to define a new game plan to protect. us is right we are here to say that economic growth isn't everything we can't work without an intact planet. we need this circular economy where we treat the earth's resources in a sustainable fashion. mass production and minotaur as ation of household appliances and electronics have made them cheaper for all of us but that's also have the side effect that repairing standard appliances like baking cleaners mixes or kettles is an economical and in

many cases even possible the result mountains of electronic waste full of red and toxic chemicals to make matters worse many manufacturers actually design electronics to wear out their constructed in such a way that they must function after a certain amount of time so consumers have to buy a new one that's been bothering my colleagues christian koala for a long time so he's joined a radical new movement. i'll get everything on my speakers without breaking the bank i don't think you can. we're buying more and more stuff that's less and less to work for example electric

goods are the fastest growing type of waste in the ward and the result. more and more. is the ways that you don't produce when you look into the container some really old laundry machines also. consume so much energy then makes sense to have an. energy consumption. many things could be repaired like my laptop and tried to. but i would like to have their money or less ok it's cool or not so long to me that his mother did this he made the script from hardship.

ok but the problem is the magazines using more apples using some special kind of screws. my name is over lowery and i'm co-founder of the restart project the 1st plenty of examples of designs that limits consumers so i believe teaching to repair and reuse a problem. like batteries that cannot be removed or products will be glue rather than screw. you to screw the group that's a good one it's a problem of design and it's a deliberate choice the money part trysts me but why. there is this theoretical understanding that the product will say that they are your legal warranty expires the american. came up with planned obsolescence way back in 1902 he thought it would be

a good way to boost the economy because it would force customers to buy more products. are. incredibly flawed because what we're seeing is the type of innovation that actually does not put. your people at the center. but whether we like it or not the products we buy aren't for the ages. become obsolete the way the. customers are angry about that. to. use this thing. that's been the source of my worst experience because they won't support the.

awareness of the problem is growing both in the u.s. and europe. caught up with the small team of 3 young when they're starting a petition father writes i'm repair last year but we collected more than $100000.00 tickets in 3 months so what does movement want. to repair. this. so that they're easy to take apart the road is long but the movement is getting stronger. every day that we're going to see everyone is. i think. everyone in the street what they think about our product that they wanted to write that. no one was product that they call we've done it or black think we can change that for the future of electronic.

data and they cannot do you still. with color that now let's think that through if you can repair your stuff at a reasonable cost you don't need to buy new stuff with practice becomes widespread which is used to be in case you're too young to remember the growth model that our economy is relies upon will certainly take a hit well that idea appeals to you you aren't alone supporters of the d. growth movement are calling for all of us to cut down on consumption for the sake of the planet and to our own wellbeing. more growth more production more consumption that seems to be they've usual recipe for boosting prosperity and that in turn means using more resources which is less good for the

environment we're now using up natural resources an estimated 1.75 times faster than the planet can replenish them. critics of unbridled economic growth a calling for a stop to that growth is an international association of academics who want a global slowdown in order to save the planet growth once just to be content with less to cut consumption the group does see the need for some people to have a car for example but if you do buy one then make it a small and preferably used model a key element of g. growths approach is what's been called the repair revolution where consumer items are ahead and not discarded and replaced the idea would also require industry to manufacture products that last longer in this way industrial production which are ink and sharing is also crucial 3 neighbors alternately using the same general

means fewer resources consumed finally the more just society imagined by d. growth would have a government guaranteed minimum and maximum wage to ensure a fairer distribution of wealth critics say the model would mean job losses and a low economic output would also make an expensive modern healthcare system an affordable for industrial nations growth system has also been called unsuitable for developing nations which need to prosper the movements on global redistribution d. growth a radical alternative to the belief in unfettered growth. how much longer congress continue the fact that our resources are finite opinions are divided of course we called on 2 opposing experts to discuss growth and its limits tim jackson an economist on the university of sorry and andrew balsawood of the

pimco investment. an economy needs to grow or does it 2 experts 2 opinions the idea of grace for ever on a fine i just doesn't make sense. the more growth you have the better it is for employment. we might have to be careful about what we wish here in terms of 0 growth. what's more perspective career path and that sort of world am i going to have to wade into the older people in my company retired before i get a promotion it's going to mean very slow progress in increasing my income there of a real opportunities i would argue in moving towards a different kind of economy and one of those opportunities is in the nature of the quality and the quantity of work that could be available to people low employment

would be one of the consequences of a deep gross. for a slower economy with more this is for example more healthcare more education more social care more jobs that require human input into human labor you could find yourself in a position. labor shortages rather than unemployment. as you move away from a growth based economy. it could mean more jobs it could mean fewer who can say but what we do know is that the concept of economic growth is only challenged in affluent countries. i think it's a 1st world problem we have the luxury of having that problem because their living standards are high in parts of the world where we're living standards are lower or you live in poverty you might have a completely different perspective on that growth is one of the ways of getting people out of poverty the data is very very clear if you raise the incomes of the

poorest across the world from nothing to around about 10 or 15000 dollars you have extraordinary improvements in quality of life but that doesn't really let the growth based economy off the hook in countries where actually an increasing grace has led in some cases to a decline in well being where an increase in greece has led to rising inequality. the standard indication of economic growth is g.d.p. among that she measure of the market value of all of the final goods and services a country produces. that measure is has a quite a few falls doesn't properly capture the well being of society so think of examples such as mental health or the distribution of that income the g.d.p. gross domestic product concept doesn't catch those things as well it's not as it

turns out even a measure of. the stability of the economy that year just before the financial crash in 2007 was one of the best years for the g.d.p. so we're not sure way using the right metric our experts agree on that they also agree that the state needs to set boundaries for the economy government has a very clear role to play in setting the conditions under which businesses operate has a very clear role to play in putting in place protections around the climate for example it has a responsibility to ensure also that the society that we live in. protects the interests of everyone and not just the privileged few markets can help but they also need guidance as well boundaries need to be see it because of no boundaries you end up with outcomes that are from a from a well being perspective sub optimal. all

taking a skeptical view of growth it's all well and good but in truth it's something of a theoretical debate because over here in the west we've heard in the reports growth is limited anyway meanwhile many parts of asia and africa are growing at rights of up to 6 percent that's of course generates a lot of c o 2 as a byproduct additional power generation transportation and a growing middle class need energy because no growth from well meaning environmentalists understandably falls on deaf ears in many parts of africa growth for decades many say no give us. the kenyan capital nairobi has a population of around 4 and a half 1000000 that's not large by global standards but it is one of the world's fastest growing cities shopping centers are springing up all over reflecting the rising wealth of the middle class. the economy of the city is expected to grow by 6

percent this year. economists at the think tank interregional economic network are calling for more trade between african countries they're skeptical about the criticism of growth expressed by environmentalists in the west because a lot is that forbidden by the mental is mostly in western countries when they're saying they're opposed to grow up with their jailing people in poor countries to remain in poverty because in poor countries we are struggling to actually move out of poverty to a bit of well being and if somebody says we should not grow there simply saying we should remain poor we should remain stuck with diseases and farm in. kenya wants to do the opposite and stimulate growth to fight poverty. nairobi at least is bursting at the seams despite smog and can justin the city is attracting investors. one

selling point that it's touting is lots of cheap labor. that's convinced an indian plant manufacturer which would like to produce valves in kenya. we as a manufacturer we are looking forward to a woman who fracturing programs to start all manufacturing programmes in the canyon after we see how the market is responding us. kenya is proving to be especially attractive to fin tech companies. kenya has a high penetration rate of. the internet and also can use the power of mobile 2 money. for local and foreign investors another expanding sector of the economy is waste recycling that's born of necessity as kenya has become a dumping ground for waste from industrial nations something that economists jim

feels is no help at all. the western country is one where they can offer support just to possible look at their own food print we should have to agree but not approach to to every way it in part or in poor countries so that if there is a ticket for payment or compensation then that has to be something that is the. kenya is certainly being impacted by climate change temperatures are rising and rainfall is growing more intense and unpredictable just a few kilometers from nairobi's wealthy centers kibera often called africa's largest urban slum life expectancy here is just 30 years people in their wisdom countries addressing the challenges of climate change and talking about extinction and you know from a poor country point of view you can also argue that poverty can lead to extinction

when people don't. of the ability to take care of diseases to be able to feed themselves to to live a comfortable life but also it is a big threat to humanity so the message from kenya is both environmental protection and economic growth are essential to improve the lives of the poor. now when it comes to boosting personal wealth people have been betting on one particular practice that's been around for centuries gambling recent visit to the wells time gambling capital macau left made reports like your dog wondering if this stressful administrative region of china hasn't set the stakes too high for itself . this isn't paris it isn't venice it isn't even last vegas

this is macau casino capital of the world and one of the richest places on earth. but this was the fight for. many people here criticize the government use the money to you know. the rest of. the special administrative region of my car is in southern china and i was ferry ride from hong kong the city has about 6 160000 inhabitants. this is my 2nd time here and i'm definitely not the only one visiting over 35000000 tourists came here in 2018 the vast majority of them from mainland china.

it's pretty annoying but most people come here for one reason only. because he knows gambling is illegal in mainland china but not in moscow resulting in. the fact that. i've never seen anything like this before it's just insane like disneyland plus vegas on steroids but how did this happen let's back up a lot starting in the 16th century macau was on the portuguese control the port city was usually overshadowed by its bigger system the british colony of hong kong the colonial past explains the european touch macau was handed back to china in 1909 but it has remained a special administrative region with its own laws borders and currency. as a time of the handover mako was not as well off as today but in 2000 to china open

the casino concessions to foreign investors the gambling industry and with it the local economy skyrocketed making macau the 2nd wealthiest place on earth to capital after. obviously we missed sometimes by the same time we're happy to see the development of the city too but he doesn't want to put too much focus on his employees because enough on one hand the gaming industry definitely changed and then he's become a lot bigger and so on the other hand has changed to a way become a lot more fights in times office offerings galaxy entertainment group one of my cars biggest casino and resort operators rather wants to showcase its other offerings its result features 6 hotels with almost $4000.00 rooms $120.00 restaurants and bars a cinema or more basically a city in its own right but still close to 90 percent of the revenue comes from the

one thing i can't film. right here next to me that's where the casino actually is but i'm not allowed to film inside and i'm not even allowed to film the writing because you know on top of it. i took a look around a different one without the camera. and that. it was so huge inside you could have easily gone off and made it up the whole point of it but the amount of sips on those poker tables i didn't play myself but that was something else. tax revenues from the gaming industry account for almost 90 percent of my house budget that benefits the locals and thanks again say no jobs unemployment is only about 2 percent every citizen gets a cash handout of around 1100 euros a year subsidize health care and feeding cations through high school. but dependence on casino money can become a liability. unfortunately what has happened is we've ended up being more dependent

on china than ever before so a large part probably somewhere around 70 or 80 percent is our estimate. of all gaming revenue comes from china not only that beginning in the streets self has become the beyond i man all in macau us economy so yes sucked all the manpower the resources. from our economy efforts have been made to diversify the economy but not very successfully that dip in the cows g.d.p. that happened partly because china cracked down on corrupt high rollers who like to frequent mccullough's because he knows. and it's not only the economic dependency that has some residents worried. years their school. to earn more money and have you know the jobs guarantees are awful

but they're small enough for a full questi of our society suso is my cars youngest lawmaker many people ignore the politics here. you know the media and education system always. the weapon used to just pop more economics last politics. the media is heavily government controlled which means by china speaking up can have consequences so was suspended from parliament in late 2017 over a protest against a government link organization. she was reinstated half a year later and remains one of the few outspoken critics of the government. yet this place is a bit crazy rich sometimes and the citizens benefit from the system as long as we keep quiet when they want it on. and that's it from

me or the maid's team thanks for watching see you next.

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