Higgs, Kerryn,  1946- <br/><br/>
Collision course :  endless growth on a finite planet / 
Kerryn Higgs. 
 - xxv, 384 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-367) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262027731 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic history--1971-1990<br/>Historia económica--1971-1990<br/>Historia económica--1990-<br/>Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Desarrollo económico--Aspectos morales y éticos<br/>Economic policy--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Política económica--Aspectos morales y éticos<br/>Free enterprise.<br/>Sustainable development.<br/>Desarrollo sostenible
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 59   / H637c 2016