The End of Growth: adapting to our new economic reality by Richard HeinbergISBN: 9780865716957
Publication Date: 2011-08-09
Paper: SUMMIT
E-Book: EBSCO
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. Shows why growth is being blocked by three factors: (1) Resource depletion; (2) Environmental impacts; and (3) Crushing levels of debt.
Describes what policy makers, communities, and families can do to build a new economy that operates within Earth’s budget 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.