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Manufacturing green prosperity : the power to rebuild the American middle class / Jon Rynn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rynn, Jon.
- Series:
- New trends and ideas in American politics.
- New trends and ideas in American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Economic development.
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Manufacturing industries--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Manufacturing industries.
- Sustainable development--United States.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Manufacturing Green Prosperity: The Power to Rebuild the American Middle Class connects two critical issues: the importance of manufacturing to the growth and fair distribution of national wealth and the need to create an environmentally sustainable society. In so doing, the book offers groundbreaking arguments demonstrating the centrality of manufacturing and shows ways in which creating a green economy will rebuild U.S. manufacturing and expand the middle class.||Drawing from the fields of political science, economics, ecology, history, engineering, and philosophy, the author challenges exis
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Myths of manufacturing
- The economy as an ecosystem
- How to create sustainable growth
- The rise and fall of great powers
- The rise of the United States
- The decline of the United States
- Driving civilization off a cliff
- Making transportation sustainable
- Making energy sustainable
- Rebuilding urban space
- The government is here to help
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216185093
- 9798400682575
- 9786613093615
- 9781283093613
- 1283093618
- 9780313384776
- 0313384770
- OCLC:
- 719321890
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