Social Limits to Growth - Couverture souple

Hirsch, Fred

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415119588 ISBN 13 : 9780415119580

Editeur : Routledge, 1978

Synopsis

This text on the deceleration of economic growth argues that the causes of this were essentially social rather than physical. As societies become richer, an increasing proportion of the extra goods and services created are not available to everybody. Material affluence does not, therefore, necessarily make for a better society. This exposition of the social limits to growth attempts to connect many of the apparently disparate factors that blight modern life: alienation at work and deteriorating cities as well as inflation and unemployment.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The promise of economic growth which has dominated society for so long has reached an impasse. In his classic analysis, Fred Hirsch argued that the causes of this were essentially social rather than physical. Affluence brings its own problems. As societies become richer, an increasing proportion of the extra goods and services created are not available to everybody. Material affluence does not make for a better society.

Fred Hirsch's classic exposition of the social limits to growth manages to connect many of the apparently disparate factors that blight modern life: alienation at work and deteriorating cities as well as inflation and unemployment.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Fred Hirsch's classic exposition of the social limits to growth manages to connect many of the apparently disparate factors that blight modern life.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0415119588
• ISBN 13: 9780415119580
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 228