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)