The Great Delusion: A Mad Inventor, Death in the Tropics, and the Utopian Origins of Economic Growth

by Steven Stoll

Book Overview

Endless economic growth rests on a belief in the limitless abundance of the natural world. But when did people begin to believe that societies shouldeven that they mustexpand in wealth indefinitely?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809095068
• ISBN13: 9780809095063
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.5"