The Progress Illusion : Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics / Jon D. Erickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erickson, Jon D., 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Economics has become the principal way we define ourselves in the modern era. We are all taught to think like an economist, with total faith in the power of the individual, the purity of the free market, and our boundless future. The problem is that economics is a fairy tale-one that perpetuates vast inequality and environmental devastation. The Progress Illusion charts the rise of the economic worldview and its infiltration into our daily lives as a theory of everything. As private interest and market choice filled the void left by failing democracies and wilting public dialogue, a pseudo-science of neoclassical economics came to dominate public policy. It was I over us, private over public, consumption over community. Ecological economist Jon Erickson calls for a challenge to this destructive philosophy, both within academia and in 'the real world,' through educational reform and grassroots social movements. By recognizing the realities of our finite planet, he shows, we can turn away from endless growth and toward enduring prosperity"--Publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover

About Island Press

Subscribe

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: The Education of an Economist

Chapter 2: Ascension of the Queen

Chapter 3: Growing a Market Society

Chapter 4: Coming of Age in the Econocene

Chapter 5: A New Story

Chapter 6: A New Economics

Chapter 7: A New Economy

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781642832532

1642832537

OCLC:

1336990323