The Invention of Infinite Growth
How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion
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The Invention of Infinite Growth
How Economists Came to Believe a Dangerous Delusion
352 pages | 23 halftones | 6 x 9
Economics and Business: Economics--History
History: American History, History of Ideas
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Before the Invention of the Infinite
2. The Discovery of Growth
3. The Kingdom of Solovia
4. Growth Without Nature
5. Growth Contested
6. Debating The Limits to Growth
7. Optimizing the Natural World
8. A Climate of Optimism
9. Green Growth and Its Discontents
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1. Before the Invention of the Infinite
2. The Discovery of Growth
3. The Kingdom of Solovia
4. Growth Without Nature
5. Growth Contested
6. Debating The Limits to Growth
7. Optimizing the Natural World
8. A Climate of Optimism
9. Green Growth and Its Discontents
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index