Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn’t mean we deserve to conquer the Universe. — Kurt Vonnegut Ever since the end of WWII, the vast majority of world affairs has been fixated with one thing: economic growth. A relatively new concept, branded with the letters “G” “D” and “P”, growth has become synonymous with progress (another highly contentious word) and stands at the altar of modern man, homo economicus. Economic growth, the standard r