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Author:
Higgs, Kerryn, 1946- author.
Title:
Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / Kerryn Higgs.
Publisher:
The MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xxv, 384 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Economic history--1971-1990.
Economic history--1990-
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Economic policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Free enterprise.
Sustainable development.
Since 1971
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Appendix: Selected critics of growth, 2013. 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.
ISBN:
0262027739 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262027731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)878501486
LCCN:
2014003794
Locations:
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

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