Collision course endless growth on a finite planet

Collision course : endless growth on a finite planet / Kerryn Higgs.

Author/creator	Higgs, Kerryn, 1946-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.
Description	xxv, 384 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Economic history--1971-1990. Economic history--1990- Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects. Economic policy--Moral and ethical aspects. Free enterprise. Sustainable development.

Contents	Economic growth : origins -- Economic growth : perceptions -- The limits to growth debate : precursors and beginnings -- The limits to growth and its critics -- Growth and consumerism -- The rise of free market fundamentalism -- "Development" and globalisation : exporting growth -- Growth and "sustainable development" -- Growth and its outcomes for the poor -- Propaganda : "business finds its voice" -- Sleight of the invisible hand -- The free market assault on environmental science -- International brakes on environmental priorities -- Limits after 40 years -- Conclusion : the planet and the pie -- Appendix: Selected critics of growth, 2013.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-367) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014003794
ISBN	9780262027731 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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