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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
It's time to stop just worrying about climate change, says Paul Gilding. We need instead to brace for impact because global crisis is no longer avoidable. This Great Disruption started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting ice caps. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on consumption and waste,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The current model of economic expansion driven by fossil fuels is unsustainable, leading many to toy with the idea of ditching growth to save the planet. But, as Alessio Terzi argues, a post-growth world would be prone to catastrophes no less serious than climate change itself. Luckily, with the right policies, growth can be made earth-friendly"--
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Economics has become the principal way we define ourselves in the modern era. We are all taught to think like an economist, with total faith in the power of the individual, the purity of the free market, and our boundless future. The problem is that economics is a fairy tale-one that perpetuates vast inequality and environmental devastation. The Progress Illusion charts the rise of the economic worldview and its infiltration into our daily lives...
Author
Publisher
ISI Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Examines the relevance of E.F. Schumacher's 1973 book "Small Is Beautiful" in the twenty-first century, discussing his call for a scaling down of the Western pursuit of wealth and a change of values in order to protect the earth and the human soul.
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