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Author Robinson, T. J. C. (Tim J. C.), 1945-

Title Work, leisure and the environment : the vicious circle of overwork and over consumption / Tim Robinson
Published Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, [2006]
©2006

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Description x, 124 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Economic approaches to the environment ?? -- The fundamental flaw ?? -- How workers are short changed by externalities ?? -- Critiques of consumerism and the consumption treadmill ?? -- Measuring the cost of the fundamental flaw ?? -- The cumulative effect and international differences ?? -- Policies to tackle the fundamental flaw ?? -- Intuitive reasoning versus deliberative thought
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 119-120
Subject Hours of labor -- Social aspects -- United States.
Work -- Social aspects -- United States.
Leisure -- Social aspects -- United States.
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140033
LC no. 2006021064
ISBN 9781847201034 hardback
1847201032 hardback
Other Titles Overwork and over consumption