pt. 1. The runaway train -- 1. Economic growth as a national goal -- 2. What did Jack Kemp really say? -- 3. What will they think of next, and why? -- 4. Simon said -- 5. Copernicus, are you out there? -- pt. 2. Stopping the train -- 6. The steady state revolution : precepts and terminology -- 7. Relations with the liquidating class -- 8. Relations with the steady state class -- 9. Relations with the amorphic class -- 10. Exemplary steady statism
Summary
Americans have been conditioned to appreciate, cheer, and serve economic growth. Brian Czech argues that, while economic growth was a good thing for much of American history, somewhere along the way it turned bad, depleting resources, polluting the environment, and threatening posterity
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index