| Description |
1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Series |
Gower Green Economics and Sustainable Growth Series |
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Green economics and sustainable growth series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 The Paradox of Our Times; Human Needs and Wants; Creating Addiction; Depletion and Degradation of Natural Resources; Is There an Alternative?; Part IThe Production of Scarcity; 2 Oppressive Scarcities; 3 Exploitative Scarcities; 4 The Creation of Needs; 5 A Global Geography of Scarcity; 6 Systems of Control; Part II Paths Toward Abundance; 7 The Art of Living; 8 Resource-Use Rights; 9 Reclaiming Self-Reliance and Cooperation; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The author argues that, by analyzing how scarcity-generating institutions work and then reforming or dismantling them, we can enhance individual freedom and support entrepreneurial initiative, and at the same time make progress toward social justice and environmental sustainability by reducing demands on vital resources. This vision would enable activists in many fields (social justice, civil liberties, and environmental protection), as well as many entrepreneurs and other members of civil society to work together much more effectively, make it more difficult to portray all these groups as dis |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Scarcity.
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Supply and demand.
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Environmental economics.
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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Environmental economics
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Scarcity
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Supply and demand
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Sustainable development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780566089411 |
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0566089416 |
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