More from Less
The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources--and What Happens Next
New York : Scribner, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: README -- All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth: the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- CRIB notes -- What causes dematerialization? Markets and marvels -- Adam Smith said that: a few words about capitalism -- What else is needed? People and policies -- The global gallop of the four horsemen -- Getting so much better -- Powers of concentration -- Stressed be the tie that binds: disconnection -- Looking ahead: the world cleanses itself this way -- Inventions: how to be good -- Conclusion: Our next planet.
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
Natural resources -- Environmental aspects.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmentalism.
Technology -- Economic aspects.
Capitalism.
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
Natural resources -- Environmental aspects.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environmentalism.
Technology -- Economic aspects.
Capitalism.
ISBN:
9781982103576
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BUSINESS Economics McA | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-327) and index.