The Infinite Desire for Growth

by Daniel Cohen

Book Overview

Why society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realistic

Economic growth--and the hope of better things to come--is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the population has seen no increase in purchasing power over the last thirty years and the situation is not much better elsewhere. The Infinite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691172536
• ISBN13: 9780691172538
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"