Living in a material world: the commodity connection
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Main Author: Morrison, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, England Wiley ©2008
Series:Wiley Finance
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and index
At a time when the world is grappling with rising food and energy prices and climate change, Living in a Material World provides an insight into some of the contributing factors behind these challenges. The emergence of new consumers in China, India, Russia and the Middle East has added formidable competition to the natural resources that have been taken for granted in the developed world. Everything we consume involves the use of metals, fossil fuels or agriculture. Our high tech 'lifestyles' depend on the secure supply of these raw materials which we take from planet earth and use to make ou
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (300 pages)
ISBN:9781119208389
1119208386
9780470697450
0470697458
1282026348
9781282026346

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