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Is the world speeding up or slowing down? Depending on your politics, you can argue either way

11 April 2020

9:00 AM

11 April 2020

9:00 AM

Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration and Why it’s Good for the Planet, the Economy and Our Lives Danny Dorling

Yale, pp.373, 18.99

Ah well. It was a nice try.

A few years ago I wrote a book called The Great Acceleration, arguing that the world around us is speeding up and that this is on balance a good thing. Enter Danny Dorling with a new book calledSlowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration and Why it’s Good for the Planet, the Economy and Our Lives.

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