Politics
Deep Economy - The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, 2008, 272pp, 1st ed.
Challenging the prevailing wisdom that the goal of economies should be unlimited growth, McKibben (The End of Nature) argues that the world doesn't have enough natural resources to sustain endless economic expansion. Drawing the phrase "deep economy" from the expression "deep ecology,", he suggests we need to explore new economic ideas. Rather then promoting accelerated cycles of economic expansion—a mindset that has brought the world to the brink of environmental disaster—we should concentrate on creating localized economies.
Table of contents
Introduction 1
After Growth 5
The Year of Eating Locally 46
All for One, or One for All 95
The Wealth of Communities 129
The Durable Future 177
Afterword 227
Notes 233
Acknowledgments 248
Index 251
After Growth 5
The Year of Eating Locally 46
All for One, or One for All 95
The Wealth of Communities 129
The Durable Future 177
Afterword 227
Notes 233
Acknowledgments 248
Index 251