Growth a history and a reckoning
Daniel Susskind traces the rich, surprisingly brief history of economic growth and responds to its ills. We cannot focus only on growth's upsides, but nor is degrowth a viable policy: the benefits of prosperity are too great to discard. Instead we must face hard tradeoffs, demoting growth from our t...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | [Hardcover edition]. |
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| Summary: | Daniel Susskind traces the rich, surprisingly brief history of economic growth and responds to its ills. We cannot focus only on growth's upsides, but nor is degrowth a viable policy: the benefits of prosperity are too great to discard. Instead we must face hard tradeoffs, demoting growth from our top priority and reckoning with its moral challenges. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 293 pages : charts ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-274) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674294493 0674294491 |
