Hooked on growth : economic addictions and the environment /

This accessible and provocative book explores whether getting 'unhooked' from economic growth to meet the needs of the environment is possible. Although giving the environment priority over growth may seem radical, the author argues that it can be accomplished using marketable emissions al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Booth, Douglas E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.
Temas:
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Consumption (Economics) > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Environmental responsibility.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Responsabilité environnementale.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hooked on growth
  • Conspicuous consumption, novelty, and creative destruction
  • The macroeconomics of being hooked on growth
  • Economic growth and environmental change
  • Everyday economic life and environmental decline
  • Conventional and ecological economics
  • Environmental values and getting unhooked from growth
  • The politics of getting unhooked from growth.

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