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Paperback – 400 pages
6 Inches × 9 Inches (w × h)

Weight: 660 Grams
BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865713963
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01

About the Author

Richard Douthwaite

Richard Douthwaite is a columnist for The Irish Times, New Internationalist, and Earthwatch, and author of the influential book, Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economies in an Unstable World. He lives in Westport, Ireland.

 

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The Growth Illusion

How Economic Growth has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many, and Endangered the Planet

by Richard Douthwaite



The idea that economic growth is necessary is deeply rooted in western culture and forms the basis of the economic strategies for developed and developing nations around the globe. A finalist in the GPA Book Award when first released in 1993, this fully updated and revised edition demonstrates why economic growth is a prescription for disaster and suggests how to redirect our capitalist system toward more positive ends. - Engaging, well-researched, and widely recommended.

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