This paper critically analyzes the economic growth paradigm, examining its psychological and economic consequences for working conditions and environmental sustainability. Through the paradigm's theoretical evolution, thanks to classicist thought and the neoliberal shift, it investigates the impact of this economic model on employment dynamics, particularly in the comparison between highly skilled and precarious workers. It focuses on the case study of child labor in Italy during the twentieth century, and then addresses the contradiction between infinite growth and the planet's structural limits. The study highlights the urgent need for a paradigm shift that replaces the obsession with GDP with a ‘green’ transition able to putting employment protection and ecological balance back at the center.
L’elaborato analizza criticamente il paradigma della crescita economica, esaminando le conseguenze psicologiche ed economiche che produce nelle condizioni di lavoro e sulla sostenibilità ambientale. Attraverso l’evoluzione teorica del paradigma, grazie al pensiero classicista e la svolta neoliberista, si indaga l’impatto di questo modello economico sulle dinamiche occupazionali, in particolare nel confronto tra lavoratori ad alta qualifica e lavoratori precari, concentrandosi sul caso studio del lavoro minorile in Italia nel corso del Novecento, per poi affrontare la contraddizione tra crescita infinita e limiti strutturali del pianeta. Lo studio evidenzia l’urgenza di un cambio di paradigma che sostituisca l’ossessione per il Pil con un transizione giusta, capace di rimettere al centro la tutela del lavoro e l’equilibrio ecologico
Il paradigma della crescita economica: analisi delle conseguenze e degli effetti del paradigma sulle condizioni di lavoro e sullo sviluppo sostenibile.
COGATO, ALICE
2025/2026
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This paper critically analyzes the economic growth paradigm, examining its psychological and economic consequences for working conditions and environmental sustainability. Through the paradigm's theoretical evolution, thanks to classicist thought and the neoliberal shift, it investigates the impact of this economic model on employment dynamics, particularly in the comparison between highly skilled and precarious workers. It focuses on the case study of child labor in Italy during the twentieth century, and then addresses the contradiction between infinite growth and the planet's structural limits. The study highlights the urgent need for a paradigm shift that replaces the obsession with GDP with a ‘green’ transition able to putting employment protection and ecological balance back at the center.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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