Right relationship : building a whole earth economy

Right relationship : building a whole earth economy / Peter G. Brown, Geoffrey Garver ; with Keith Helmuth, Robert Howell, Steve Szeghi.

Our current economic system is unsustainable. Its fundamental elementsunlimited growth and endless wealth accumulationfly in the face of the fact that the Earths resources are clearly finite. The destructive effects of this denial of reality are wreaking havoc on our ecological and social systems. B...

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Main Author: Brown, Peter G.
Other Authors: Garver, Geoffrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers : Ingram Publisher Services [distributor], ©2009.
Series:BK currents book.
Subjects:
Sustainable development > Econometric models.
Human ecology > Economic aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Human ecology > Economic aspects
Sustainable development > Econometric models
Nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Grenzen des Wachstums.
Global Governance.
Welt.
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Summary:Our current economic system is unsustainable. Its fundamental elementsunlimited growth and endless wealth accumulationfly in the face of the fact that the Earths resources are clearly finite. The destructive effects of this denial of reality are wreaking havoc on our ecological and social systems. But what is the alternative? We need to go beyond simply fixing problems as they arise, or even as we anticipate them, and offer a comprehensive new economic model. It is a moral imperative.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 216 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index.
ISBN:9781609944513
1609944518
1282299557
9781282299559
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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