01240nas a2200133   4500008004100000245007500041210006900116260001200185520077200197100002100969700002400990700002301014856006901037       2014                        eng d00aTheoretical considerations on growth imperatives in a monetary economy0 aTheoretical considerations on growth imperatives in a monetary e  aLeipzig3 aIf an ongoing growth is considered impossible or undesirable, the growth dependence of man-made structures such as social security systems have to be carefully revised. In the post-growth debate, the monetary system based on credit money combined with positive interest rates is often criticized and accused of causing a growth imperative. The contribution refutes this oversimplified interrelation, but provides an insight into the critical points of a non-growing monetary economy and should help to identify policy options how these destabilising effects could be overcome in order to achieve an economically sustainable degrowth. It additionally challenges existing proposals for enabling a degrowing monetary economy by implementing debt- or interest-free money.1 aRichters, Oliver1 aWenzlaff, Ferdinand1 aKimmich, Christian  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/3521