Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? Written by a top sustainability adviser to the UK government, this book makes a case against continued economic growth in developed nations.
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? Written by a top sustainability adviser to the UK government, this book makes a case against continued economic growth in developed nations.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781844078943 (1844078949)
Publish date: October 16th 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Environment,
Business,
Economics,
Culture,
Education,
Philosophy,
Society,
Sustainability,
Green,
Climate Change
Tim Jackson tackles the problem of persuading us to take the obvious conclusion that infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible seriously, by sending up the myth of decoupling - the decarbonisation of economic activity can't happen fast enough to prevent ecological disaster unless population a...
This book speaks mostly in broad strokes about the current economic and ecological woes that humanity faces. I was hoping for more specific prescriptions for how to fix these problems, rather than mostly generalized arguments calling for change. If you already agree with the premise that indefinit...
“And I am a weapon of massive consumption / And it’s not my fault it’s how I’m programmed to function,” “The Fear,” Lily AllenNB: I have taken advantage of the “spoiler” tag to append notes and asides that don’t directly bear on this review. The reader may open them or not as he or she pleases.Comin...
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