Susskind, Daniel,

Growth : a history and a reckoning / Daniel Susskind. - x, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Trap -- The Escape -- The Priority -- The Promise -- The Price -- GDP Minimalism -- Degrowth -- Unleashing Growth -- A New Direction -- The Big Tradeoffs -- The Moral Questions.

"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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Economic development.
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.
Economic history.
Negative growth (Economics)

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