Managing without Growth, Second Edition: Slower by Design, not Disaster
- ISBN-10
- 1785367382
- ISBN-13
- 9781785367380
- Category
- Economic development
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Author
- Peter A. Victor
Description
Ten years after the publication of the first edition of this influential book, the evidence is even stronger that human economies are overwhelming the regenerative capacity of the planet. This book explains why long-term economic growth is infeasible, and why, especially in advanced economies, it is also undesirable. Simulations based on real data show that managing without growth is a better alternative
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- 2019-01-25
- 488 pages
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