Description |
viii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
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ISSR Library |
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ISSR Library
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Contents |
Pt. 1. Economics as an Academic Discipline. 1. The Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness in Economics and Other Disciplines. 2. Misplaced Concreteness: The Market. 3. Misplaced Concreteness: Measuring Economic Success. 4. Misplaced Concreteness: Homo economicus. 5. Misplaced Concreteness: Land -- Pt. 2. New Beginnings. 6. From Academic Discipline to Thought in Service of Community. 7. From Chrematistics to Oikonomia. 8. From Individualism to Person-in-Community. 9. From Cosmopolitanism to Communities of Communities. 10. From Matter and Rent to Energy and Biosphere -- Pt. 3. Policies for Community in the United States. 11. Free Trade versus Community. 12. Population. 13. Land Use. 14. Agriculture. 15. Industry. 16. Labor. 17. Income Policies and Taxes. 18. From World Domination to National Security -- Pt. 4. Getting There. 19. Possible Steps. 20. The Religious Vision -- Afterword: Money, Debt, and Wealth -- Appendix: The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare |
Summary |
Updated and Expanded Edition. Winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order 1992, Named New Options Best Political Book. Economist Herman Daly and theologian John Cobb, Jr., demonstrate how conventional economics and a growth-oriented industrial economy have led us to the brink of environmental disaster, and show the possibility of a different future |
Analysis |
miljø |
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miljø-økonomi |
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naturressurser |
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usa |
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vekst |
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økonomi |
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økonomisk |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-520) and index |
Subject |
Common good.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental policy.
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Sustainable development.
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140033 -- 1993-
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United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-2001.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006370
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United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 -- Economic polity -- 1993-2001
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Author |
Cobb, Clifford W.
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Cobb, John B.
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LC no. |
93024460 |
ISBN |
0807047058 |
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