Alternatives to growth
Subtitle: efficiency shifting
By: by Conrad Schmidt
Publisher: Conrad Schmidt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Canada?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780973977219; 9780973977226
Subjects: Industrialization; Environmental aspects; Economic development; Technology; Consumption (Economics); Environmental economics; Sustainable development; Green movement
Description: "The evidence is overwhelming that unlimited industrial growth is no longer possible. Our challenge now is to find ways to shrink the overall size of the economy without creating massive unemployment and poverty. This book examines the possibility of counter balancing efficiencies within the economy with certain key inefficiencies for the purpose of maintaining high employment in a shrinking economy."-- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Legacy of the Industrial Revolution; title: 1. Something important the media forgot to mention; title: 2. The Industrial Revolution; title: 3. The story of Henry Ford and the Great Depression; title: 4. The architecture of consumerism; title: 5. Consumerism at last; title: 6. Conclusion; title: Pt. 2. Automation and the Internet; title: 7. Automation; title: 8. Computers and the Internet; title: 9. World wide financial crisis; title: Pt. 3. Green Efficiency; title: 10. A green New Deal; title: 11. Green energy; title: 12. What is efficiency?; title: 13. Greenest planet in the solar system, part 1; title: 14. What is pollution?; title: 15. Greenest planet in the solar system, part 2; title: 16. The challenges of being green; title: 17. What about recycling?; title: 18. What about electric cars?; title: 19. A green conclusion; title: Pt. 4. Solutions; title: 20. Efficiency shifting; title: 21. Organic farming; title: 22. Why cheap food creates poverty; title: 23. More efficiency shifting; title: 24. Reducing the work week; title: 25. Japanese Luddites; title: 26. Conclusion; title: App. A. Financial empowerment of consumers