Collision course

Collision course: endless growth on a finite planet

by Higgs, Kerryn

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The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / Kerryn Higgs.

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The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):The MIT Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxv, 384 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780262320917, 0262320916, 9781322059808, 1322059802, 0262529696, 9780262529693
  • oclc:ocn887802786
  • LC Classification:HC59
  • Dewey Decimal:330.9

Table of Contents

Economic growth : origins -- Economic growth : perceptions -- The limits to growth debate : precursors and beginnings -- The limits to growth and its critics -- Growth and consumerism -- The rise of free market fundamentalism -- "Development" and globalisation : exporting growth -- Growth and "sustainable development" -- Growth and its outcomes for the poor -- Propaganda : "business finds its voice" -- Sleight of the invisible hand -- The free market assault on environmental science -- International brakes on environmental priorities -- Limits after 40 years -- Conclusion : the planet and the pie -- Appendix: Selected critics of growth, 2013.

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Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference Croissance économique dégradation de l'environnement Développement durable Développement économique Développement économique -- Aspect moral Economic development -- Moral and ethic… Economic history Economic history -- 1971-1990 Economic history -- 1990- Economic policy -- Moral and ethical as… ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics ECONOMICS/General économie de marché ENVIRONMENT/General Epuisement des ressources Éthique Free enterprise Histoire économique

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Higgs, Kerryn

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