• timetraveller@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There is more to business than making a profit, profits are taxed differently, businesses that never make a profit may be very good for the employees and the employer, as well as the customers that shop there.

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      8 months ago

      Absolutely. But is that good enough to keep the alternative business plans going? According to this article, I’m not sure it is.

      I posted this on degrowth because the rise of secondhand fashion seems to be an example of degrowth in action - a business shifting from production of new items to refurbishing and reselling existing products.

      What works - and what doesn’t work - in the battle against fast fashion is an important lesson for degrowth proponents everywhere.