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Tandra, shortly after arriving on Varok in The Webs of Varok:

I came to understand how no-growth economics worked on Varok....

"Economic Stagnation" – that's what they used to call it. Now we know that a no-growth economy is really a steady state, a stable economy that secures the future by not using up resources, not overloading the planet with humans, focusing on equitable solutions and being realistic about costs. We see an economy like that on Varok in The Webs of Varok.

The steady state on Varok is based on the following economic views:

• Growth costs more than it's worth on a full planet. As resources get scarce and/or CO2 levels rise, growth makes more problems than it solves. . . .

Varok has maintained a no-growth economy, a steady state, in dynamic equilibrium over the ages since the Mutilation by following four basic rules:

1. Give top priority to keeping the planet's ecology healthy,
2. Use all...

In The Webs of Varok, the traitor Mahntik's web-bush schemes creates an interconnected net of economic and ecological repercussions.

On Varok there had never been an abundance of fossil fuels to encourage overuse and stimulate economic growth. All resources on Varok were counted, their use measured and allotted by a quota system based on free auctions. Nothing was wasted. Most...