I'm with you. For me a more progressive world is a more ecological world. Economism is a hard nut to crack. Progress should not be seen only in productive or economic factors. There is a wider world than that.

I don't think there is such a regressive economy, rather it would be a stagnation. It's not like you're throwing away what you have. Then, it does not really recede under any aspect, as in the case of autoimmune diseases, it only stagnates.