Managing without growth: slower by design, not disaster

This summary of the history and fallacies of economic growth aims to help the world break free of what it sees as a dangerous addiction. It argues that to create a sustainable and desirable future, the world needs to learn that in overdeveloping it has lost the ability to differentiate between '...

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1. Verfasser: Victor, Peter A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cheltenham [u.a.] Elgar 2008
Schriftenreihe:Advances in ecological economics
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Zusammenfassung:This summary of the history and fallacies of economic growth aims to help the world break free of what it sees as a dangerous addiction. It argues that to create a sustainable and desirable future, the world needs to learn that in overdeveloping it has lost the ability to differentiate between 'bigger' and 'better'.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-252) and index
The idea of economic growth -- Why manage without growth? -- Systems, information and prices -- Limits to growth : sources -- Limits to growth : sinks and services -- Limits to growth : synthesis -- Scale, composition and technology -- Economic growth and happiness -- The disappointments of economic growth -- Managing without growth in Canada : exploring the possibilities -- Policies for managing without growth
Beschreibung:VIII, 260 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:9781847200785
9781848442054

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