The prosperity of vice
Subtitle: an (anxious) introduction to the economy
By: Daniel Cohen ; translated by Susan Emanuel
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780262017305
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Economics; Economic development; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genesis; title: Birth of the modern world; title: The law of Malthus; title: Unbound Prometheus; title: Perpetual growth; title: The economic consequences of the war; title: The great crisis and its lessons; title: The golden age and its crisis; title: The end of solidarities; title: War and peace; title: The return of India and China; title: The end of history and the West; title: The ecological crash; title: The financial crash; title: The weightless economy.