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  Title

  The end of growth : adapting to our new economic reality

  Author

  Heinberg, Richard.  

  Publisher:

  New Society Publishers,

  Pub date:

  c2011.

  Pages:

  xiv, 321 p. :

  ISBN:

  9780865716957

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HC59.3 .H45 2011	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  9780865716957

  ISBN:

  0865716951

  Personal Author:

  Heinberg, Richard.

  Title:

  The end of growth : adapting to our new economic reality / Richard Heinberg.

  Publication info:

  Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2011.

  Physical description:

  xiv, 321 p. : ill., portr. ; 23 cm.

  General Note:

  Includes index.

  Contents:

  Introduction: the new normal -- The great balloon race -- The sound of air escaping -- Earth's limits: why growth won't return -- Won't innovation, substitution, and efficiently keep us growing? -- Shrinking pie: competition and relative growth in a finite world. -- Managing contraction, redefining progress -- Life after growth.

  Summary:

  "Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits. Richard Heinberg's latest landmark work goes to the heart of the ongoing financial crisis, explaining how and why it occurred, and what we must do to avert the worst potential outcomes. Written in an engaging, highly readable style, it shows why growth is being blocked by three factors: resource depletion, environmental impacts, and crushing levels of debt. These converging limits will force us to re-evaluate cherished economic theories and to reinvent money and commerce. The End of Growth describes what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth'sbudget of energy and resources. We can thrive during the transition if we set goals that promote human and environmental well-being, rather than continuing to pursue the now-unattainable prize of ever-expanding GDP." --Publisher's website.

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  Subject term:

  Economic indicators.

  Subject term:

  Economic forecasting.

  Subject term:

  Economic development.

  Subject term:

  Natural resources.

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