Format:
xii, 337 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition
ISBN:
9781982103576
Content:
Introduction: README -- All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth : the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- Crib notes -- What causes dematerialization : markets and marvels -- Adam Smith said that : a few words about capitalism -- What else is needed : people and policies -- The global gallop of the four horsemen -- Getting so much better -- Powers of concentration -- Stressed be the tie that binds : disconnection -- Looking ahead : the world cleanses itself this way -- Inventions : "how to be good" -- Conclusion: Our next planet.
Content:
"A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781982103590
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ressourcenökonomie
;
Konsumtheorie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Technische Innovation
;
Wirtschaftstheorie
Author information:
McAfee, Andrew 1967-
