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More-than-capitalist economies: Insights from community supported agriculture, tiny houses and hitchhiking in Denmark

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The accelerating planetary crises call for rapid reductions in carbon emissions, unlikely to be achieved alone through increasing renewable energy and more efficient production. A wide-ranging transformation of affluent lifestyles and current consumption-production relationships is needed as well. This brings existing economic models into question, as profit often stands in the way of necessary reductions. Thus, a growing field of research points to the need of rethinking the economic system, and frameworks of degrowth and sufficiency are receiving more attention.

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  • Aagaard, Line Kryger, 2026. "More-than-capitalist economies: Insights from community supported agriculture, tiny houses and hitchhiking in Denmark," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:240:y:2026:i:c:s0921800925003143
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108831
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