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Rediscovering sustainability : economics of the finite earth / by A.R.G. Heesterman and W.H. Heesterman.
Lippincott Library HC79.E5 H4294 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heesterman, A. R. G.
- Series:
- Green economics and sustainable growth series
- Gower green economics and sustainable growth series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development.
- Sustainable development--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Gower Pub., 2013.
- Contents:
- List of figures and maps
- List of tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors
- Stylized market equilibrium
- Restricting demand for scarce resources
- Competition and efficiency
- (un)sustainable income and expenditure
- The real market economy
- Scale economies and concentration
- "Equilibrium" under a false price structure
- Savings and the rate of interest
- Demand management
- Part-globalization
- Present affluence versus the future
- Regimes to contain environmental degradation
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Growth: its purpose, social implications and cost
- To conclude
- Bibliography
- Author index
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409444565
- 1409444562
- 9781409444572
- 1409444570
- OCLC:
- 800352439
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