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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Moving from wrong to right relationship
  • What's the economy for? : a flourishing commonwealth of life
  • How does it work? : putting the economy in its place
  • How big is too big? : boundaries on consumption and waste
  • What's fair? : sharing life's bounty
  • Governance : new ways to stay in bounds and play fair
  • Conclusion: Four steps to a whole earth economy.

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