Slowdown : the end of the great acceleration and why it's good for the planet, the economy, and our lives /

A powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown--of population growth, economies, and technological innovation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dorling, Daniel (Autor)
Otros Autores: McClure, Kirsten (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Progress.
Population.
Economic development.
Technology and civilization.
Progrès.
Développement économique.
Technologie et civilisation.
economic development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CHAPTER 1. To Worry: Imaginatively
  • CHAPTER 2. The Slowing Down: Of Almost Everything
  • CHAPTER 3. Debt: A Decelerating Sign of the Slowdown
  • CHAPTER 4. Data: The Deluge of Less and Less That is New
  • CHAPTER 5. Climate: Industry, War, Carbon, and Chaos
  • CHAPTER 6. Temperature: The Catastrophic Exception
  • CHAPTER 7. Demographics: Hitting the Population Brakes
  • CHAPTER 8. Fertility: The Greatest Slowdown of All Time
  • CHAPTER 9. Economics: Stabilizing Standards of Living
  • CHAPTER 10. Geopolitics: In an Age of Slowdown
  • CHAPTER 11. Life: After the Great Acceleration
  • CHAPTER 12. People: Cognition and Catfish
  • APPENDIX: How to Read and Draw a Timeline
  • NOTES
  • LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  • INDEX.

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