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The sufficiency strategy: Would rich-world frugality lower environmental impact

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  • Alcott, Blake, 2008. "The sufficiency strategy: Would rich-world frugality lower environmental impact," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(4), pages 770-786, February.
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