| Description |
1 online resource (465 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Without vision, the people perish -- 2. Vision for the 21st century -- 3. Life : how it thrives -- 4. Problems with life : human impacts on a full planet -- 5. Mutual provision : money, markets, and an orderly world -- 6. Magnitude and abstraction : when we grow very large -- Problems with our market economy -- 7. Where value is neglected -- 8. Where value is overstated -- 9. Money : its creation, management and growth -- 10. The monopoly end game -- Economic solutions -- 11. First steps -- 12. Practical changes -- 13. Monetary reform -- Transformation -- 14. Cultural foundations : working together as societies -- 15. How to get there from here : a question of direction -- 16. A crack in the road : motor culture -- 17. What will become of us? -- Afterword : looking back to the present -- Appendix : tapping our collective potential -- Recommended reading -- Index -- About the author |
| Summary |
In recent years, unchecked growth has brought us to the brink of economic and environmental collapse. Life, Money & Illusion was inspired by the dilemma of having an economic structure that has to grow to remain healthy, while facing the finite limits of our planet. This revised and updated edition launches a review of economic expansion. It examines how growth came to be a goal and how that goal, though once beneficial, is now the propellant for catastrophe. Then, by showing how the economy can be restructured to remain within planetary limits, it points the way to a sustainable future |
| Notes |
Edition statement from Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Economic policy.
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sustainable development.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects
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Economic policy
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781550924411 |
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1550924419 |
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