Enough Is Enough Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

Name: Enough Is Enough Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources
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ISBN: 9781609948054

ISBN-10: 160994805X

ISBN-13: 9781609948054

Edition: 2013

Authors: Rob Dietz, Daniel O'Neill, Herman Daly

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Our planet is finite. And on this finite planet we now have seven billion people, with an estimated three billion more on the way by midcentury. The seven billion of us have to find ways to reverse the environmental crises we’ve set in motion, eradicate poverty, and erase the divide between the haves and the have-nots. The economic orthodoxy in use around the globe—the pursuit of never-ending economic growth – is not up to the challenge. With each passing day, we are witnessing more and more uneconomic growth—growth that costs more than it is worth. An economy that chases perpetually increasing production and consumption, always in search of more, stands no chance of achieving a lasting…

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List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.06" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Rob Dietz is the editor of the Daly News and the former executive director of CASSE (Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy).



Foreword



Preface



Questions Of Enough



Have You Had Enough?



Why Should Enough Be the Goal?



How Much Is Enough?



What Sort of Economy Provides Enough?



Strategies Of Enough



Enough Throughput


Limiting Resource Use and Waste Production



Enough People


Stabilizing Population



Enough Inequality


Distributing Income and Wealth



Enough Debt


Reforming Monetary and Financial Systems



Enough Miscalculation


Changing the Way We Measure Progress



Enough Unemployment


Securing Meaningful Jobs



Enough Business as Usual


Rethinking Commerce



Advancing The Economy of Enough



Enough Materialism


Changing Consumer Behavior



Enough Silence


Engaging Politicians and the Media



Enough Unilateralism


Changing National Goals and Improving International Cooperation



Enough Waiting


Taking Action to Start the Transition


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index


About the Authors