LEADER 05054nam 2200721 450 001 9910823098703321 005 20210311111955.0 010 $a1-350-21938-X 010 $a1-78360-080-2 010 $a1-78360-077-2 010 $a1-78360-079-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350219380 035 $a(CKB)2670000000570273 035 $a(EBL)1812474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001454384 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11841168 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454384 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11498876 035 $a(PQKB)10486376 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4708344 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1812474 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1812474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10953354 035 $a(OCoLC)892799681 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350219380 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000570273 100 $a20210311h20212014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCo-operatives in a post-growth era $ecreating co-operative economics /$feditors, Sonja Novkovic and Tom Webb 210 1$aLondon, England :$cZed Books,$d2014. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $a6 Complexity: Shock, Innovation and Resilience. 311 $a1-78360-078-0 311 $a1-322-18084-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover ; About the Editors ; More praise for Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Introduction: Co-operative Economics, Why Our World Needs It; Table 0.1 Types of co-operative and their members; What economics do we use?; The structure of the book; Notes; References; Part One: What is the New Economy and Why Do We Need It? ; 1 The World on a Collision Course and the Need for a New Economy; Preamble; The quadruple convergence; Crisis or crises?; The myths that sustain the dominant model; A new economy; Foundations of the new economy. 327 $aTable 1.1 Matrix of needs and satisfiersFigure 1.1 Genuine Progress Indicators and Indices of Sustainable Economic Welfare for selected countries; Figure 1.2 The classic approach to the economic process; Figure 1.3 The ecological economic approach; Figure 1.4 Humanity's ecological footprint, 1961-2001; Table 1.2 World population, per capita income and number of ecosons; Table 1.3 The real size of the United States; Notes; References; 2 The New Economy; Introduction; Scale and growth -- or not?; Table 2.1 Six possible scenarios; Issues of resource scarcity and quality. 327 $aThe meaning for economic theory -- and productionUsing prices to achieve goals; Work; The ideal economy; How standard wage theory must adapt; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3 The World We Need; Figure 3.1 Income per head and life expectancy in rich and poor countries; Figure 3.2 Real income per head and life expectancy; Figure 3.3 Child well-being is not related to average incomes in rich countries; Figure 3.4 Health and social problems are not related to average incomes in rich countries; Figure 3.5 Health is not related to income differences between rich societies. 327 $aFigure 3.6 Health is related to income difference within rich societiesFigure 3.7 Child well-being is better in more equal rich societies; Figure 3.8 Health and social problems are worse in more unequal countries; Notes; References; 4 Are Prosperity and Sustainability Compatible?; Introduction: on the nature of prosperity and sustainability; What makes us unsustainable?; Our excessive ecological footprint; Box 4.1. The human ecological footprint -- in overshoot; Human potential subverted; Facing the new reality; What to do? Towards a co-operative model for global sustainability. 327 $aThe spectrum of behavioural possibilitiesTable 4.1 Elements of the human behavioural spectrum; Implications for economic life; Table 4.2 The shift in economic values and assumptions (getting better is better than getting bigger); Epilogue; Notes; References; 5 Living Well: Explorations into the End of Growth; Introduction; Exploring alternatives to economic growth; The LowGrow model; Figure 5.1 The high-level structure of LowGrow; Figure 5.2 Business as usual; Figure 5.3 A low- or no-growth scenario; Policy directions for a low- or no-growth scenario; Notes; References. 330 $aAn essential introduction to the co-operative business model as a sustainable and equitable alternative to the current growth-obsessed economic paradigm. 606 $aEconomics 606 $aEnvironmental policy 606 $aEconomics$2bicssc 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 615 7$aEconomics 676 $a330.1 676 $a338.973 702 $aNovkovic$b Sonja 702 $aWebb$b Tom 801 0$bEBLCP 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823098703321 996 $aCo-operatives in a post-growth era$93991031 997 $aUNINA