The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability

James Gustave Speth

How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century will be unfit to.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Speth, James Gustave
Publisher:	New Haven, CT : Yale University Press
Subject:	Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Umweltbelastung \| Pollution \| Umweltpolitik \| Environmental policy \| Umweltökonomik \| Environmental economics \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Welt \| World \| Umweltökonomie

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (320 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Between Two Worlds""; ""Part One. System Failure""; ""Chapter 1: Looking into the Abyss""; ""Chapter 2: Modern Capitalism: Out of Control""; ""Chapter 3: The Limits of Todayâ€?s Environmentalism""; ""Part Two. The Great Transformation""; ""Chapter 4: The Market: Making It Work for the Environment""; ""Chapter 5: Economic Growth: Moving to a Post-Growth Society""; ""Chapter 6: Real Growth: Promoting the Well-Being of People""; ""Chapter 7: Consumption: Living with Enough, Not Always More"" ""Chapter 8: The Corporation: Changing the Fundamental Dynamics""""Chapter 9: Capitalismâ€?s Core: Advancing beyond Todayâ€?s Capitalism""; ""Part Three. Seedbeds of Transformation""; ""Chapter 10: A New Consciousness""; ""Chapter 11: A New Politics""; ""Chapter 12: The Bridge at the Edge of the World""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
ISBN:	978-0-300-14530-4 ; 978-0-300-15115-2
Classification:	Umweltpolitik ; Volkswirtschaftliche Ressourcen, Umweltökonomie
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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