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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457539903321

Autore

Cohen Daniel <1953->

Titolo

The prosperity of vice [[electronic resource] ] : a worried view of economics / / Daniel Cohen ; translated by Susan Emanuel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-49944-3

9786613594679

0-262-30143-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EmanuelSusan

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics - History

Economics - Sociological aspects

Economic development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Genesis -- Birth of the modern world -- The law of Malthus -- Unbound Prometheus -- Perpetual growth -- The economic consequences of the war -- The great crisis and its lessons -- The golden age and its crisis -- The end of solidarities -- War and peace -- The return of India and China -- The end of history and the West -- The ecological crash -- The financial crash -- The weightless economy.

Sommario/riassunto

How violence, rather than peace, has historically accompanied prosperity; and why emerging nations seem poised to repeat the tragic history of the industrialized world.