Supply Shock Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution

Name: Supply Shock Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution
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ISBN: 9780865717442

ISBN-10: 0865717443

ISBN-13: 9780865717442

Edition: 2013

Authors: Brian Czech, Herman Daly

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Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks these widely accepted myths and demonstrates that we are in fact navigating the end of the era of economic growth, and that the only sustainable alternative is the development of a steady state economy. Starting with a refreshingly accessible, comprehensive critique of economic growth, the author engages readers in an enormous topic that affects everyone in every country. Publisher's Weekly favorably compared Czech to Carl Sagan for popularizing their difficult…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New Society Publishers, Limited
Publication date: 5/28/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Economic Growth at the Crossroads



It Really Is the Economy, "Stupid!"



Good Growing Gone Bad



The Dismal Science Comes Unhitched



Classical Economics: Dealing with the Dismal



"Neoclassical" Economics: Dealing with the Devil



Not of This Earth



Economics for a Full World



Ecological Economics Comes of Age



Don't Sell the Farm: The Trophic Theory of Money



Technological Progress and Less-Brown Growth



Politics and Policy: The Horse Before the Cart



"What Have You Done for Growth Today?"



Hummer Haters: The Steady State Revolution Revisited



A Call for Steady Statesmen: Policies for a Full-World Economy


Notes


Literature Cited


Index


About the Author