Collision course
Subtitle: endless growth on a finite planet
By: Kerryn Higgs
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780262027731
Subjects: Economic history; Economic development; Moral and ethical aspects; Economic policy; Free enterprise; Sustainable development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-367) and index.
Table of contents: title: Economic growth : origins; title: Economic growth : perceptions; title: The limits to growth debate : precursors and beginnings; title: The limits to growth and its critics; title: Growth and consumerism; title: The rise of free market fundamentalism; title: "Development" and globalisation : exporting growth; title: Growth and "sustainable development"; title: Growth and its outcomes for the poor; title: Propaganda : "business finds its voice"; title: Sleight of the invisible hand; title: The free market assault on environmental science; title: International brakes on environmental priorities; title: Limits after 40 years; title: Conclusion : the planet and the pie; title: Appendix: Selected critics of growth, 2013.