Models suggested for post-pandemic era development

British ecological economist Tim Jackson, author of Post Growth: Life After Capitalism, speaks at the launch of the Chinese edition of his book in Beijing on Feb 27. The Chinese version of British ecological economist Tim Jackson's Post Growth: Life After Capitalism was released in Beijing on Feb 27. In the book, the author, a professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom, points out the myth that the faster our economy grows, the happier we are, and why the outlook can be gloomy if we simply count on the growth of gross domestic product to enable social progress. Zhu Dajian, director of the sustainable development and urbanization think tank at Tongji University in Shanghai, compared Jackson's two works and said at the book launch that it is important for policymakers and scholars to reach a consensus on post-growth views that transcend the demand for lasting, high economic growth, and should join hands to make it work in practice.