Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet /
Higgs, Kerryn, 1946-
Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / Kerryn Higgs. - xxv, 384 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-367) and index.
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.
9780262027731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Economic history--1971-1990
Historia económica--1971-1990
Historia económica--1990-
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Desarrollo económico--Aspectos morales y éticos
Economic policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Política económica--Aspectos morales y éticos
Free enterprise.
Sustainable development.
Desarrollo sostenible
HC 59 / H637c 2016
Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / Kerryn Higgs. - xxv, 384 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-367) and index.
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.
9780262027731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Economic history--1971-1990
Historia económica--1971-1990
Historia económica--1990-
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Desarrollo económico--Aspectos morales y éticos
Economic policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Política económica--Aspectos morales y éticos
Free enterprise.
Sustainable development.
Desarrollo sostenible
HC 59 / H637c 2016