TY  - BOOK
AU  - Higgs,Kerryn
TI  - Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet
T2  - The MIT Press Series
SN  - 9780262320917
AV  - HC59 -- .H523 2014eb 
U1  - 330.9 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Economic history -- 1971-1990
KW  - Economic history -- 1990-
KW  - Economic development -- Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Economic policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Free enterprise
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- I Growth and Its Challengers -- 1 Economic Growth: Origins -- 2 Economic Growth: Perceptions -- 3 The Limits to Growth Debate: Precursors and Beginnings -- 4 The Limits to Growth and Its Critics -- II Chasing Growth -- 5 Growth and Consumerism -- 6 The Rise of Free Market Fundamentalism -- 7 "Development" and Globalization: Exporting Growth -- 8 Growth and "Sustainable Development" -- 9 Growth and Its Outcomes for the Poor -- III Persuading the People -- 10 Propaganda: "Business Finds Its Voice" -- 11 Sleight of the Invisible Hand -- 12 The Free Market Assault on Environmental Science -- 13 International Brakes on Environmental Priorities -- IV In Conclusion -- 14 The Limits to Growth after Forty Years -- 15 Conclusion: The Planet and the Pie -- Appendix: Selected Critics of Growth, 2013 -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet
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ER  -