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The Invention of Infinite Growth : How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion / Christopher F. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Christopher F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Neoclassical school of economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (347 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A history of how the pursuit of growth has kept us from creating a more sustainable and just world.Most economists believe that growth is the surest path to better lives.This has proven to be one of humanity's most powerful and dangerous ideas.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Before the Invention of the Infinite
- The Discovery of Growth
- The Kingdom of Solovia
- Growth Without Nature
- Growth Contested
- Debating The Limits to Growth
- Optimizing the Natural World
- A Climate of Optimism
- Green Growth and Its Discontents
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780226722184
- 0-226-72218-X
- OCLC:
- 1535645513
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