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Schmelzer, Matthias

 
9781138499676: History of the Future of Economic Growth
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ISBN 10 : 1138499676 ISBN 13 : 9781138499676
Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic inequalities, among other challenges, more and more people demand to look for alternatives beyond growth. However, so far these current debates about sustainability, post-growth or degrowth lack a thorough historical perspective.

This edited volume brings together original contributions on different aspects of the history of economic growth as a central and near-ubiquitous tenet of developmental strategies. The book addresses the origins and evolution of the growth paradigm from the seventeenth century up to the present day and also looks at sustainable development, sustainable growth, and degrowth as examples of alternative developmental models. By focusing on the mixed legacy of growth, both as a major source of expanded life expectancies and increased comfort, and as a destructive force harming personal livelihoods and threatening entire societies in the future, the editors seek to provide historical depth to the ongoing discussion on suitable principles of present and future global development.

History of the Future of Economic Growth is aimed at students and academics in environmental, social, economic and international history, political science, environmental studies, and economics, as well as those interested in ongoing discussions about growth, sustainable development, degrowth, and, more generally, the future.

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À propos de l?auteur

Iris Borowy is Distinguished Professor at Shanghai University, China.

Matthias Schmelzer works at the Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie in Leipzig and is a Permanent Fellow at the Research Group on Post-Growth Societies at the University of Jena, Germany.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138499676
ISBN 13 
9781138499676
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
214
Éditeur
Borowy Iris
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1138685801 ISBN 13 :  9781138685802
Editeur : Routledge, 2017
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