Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet

by Kerryn Higgs

Book Overview

The story behind the reckless promotion of economic growth despite its disastrous consequences for life on the planet.

The notion of ever-expanding economic growth has been promoted so relentlessly that "growth" is now entrenched as the natural objective of collective human effort. The public has been convinced that growth is the natural solution to virtually all social problems--poverty, debt, unemployment, and even the environmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027739
• ISBN13: 9780262027731
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher