Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / / Kerryn Higgs

• Autore: Higgs Kerryn <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic history - 1971-1990; Economic history - 1990-; Economic development - Moral and ethical aspects; Economic policy - Moral and ethical aspects; Free enterprise; Sustainable development
• Soggetto non controllato: ENVIRONMENT/General; ECONOMICS/General; ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; I Growth and Its Challengers; 1 Economic Growth: Origins; 2 Economic Growth: Perceptions; 3 The Limits to Growth Debate: Precursors and Beginnings; 4 The Limits to Growth and Its Critics; II Chasing Growth; 5 Growth and Consumerism; 6 The Rise of Free Market Fundamentalism; 7 "Development" and Globalization: Exporting Growth; 8 Growth and "Sustainable Development"; 9 Growth and Its Outcomes for the Poor; III Persuading the People; 10 Propaganda: "Business Finds Its Voice"; 11 Sleight of the Invisible Hand ; 12 The Free Market Assault on Environmental Science13 International Brakes on Environmental Priorities; IV In Conclusion; 14 The Limits to Growth after Forty Years; 15 Conclusion: The Planet and the Pie; Appendix: Selected Critics of Growth, 2013; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.
• Titolo autorizzato: Collision course
• ISBN: 0-262-32092-4; 0-262-52969-6; 0-262-32091-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821864303321
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