Wayne Ellwood

This guide explores the idea of economic growth, tracing its history and questioning why it has become so unchallengeable and powerful when unlimited growth in a finite world is ultimately impossible. It illustrates how economics based on degrowth can be turned into a positive and how we can arrive at new levels of environmental sustainability without having turning the clock back to the Dark Ages. A title for anyone interested in economics, the psychology of consumerism and progressive change. ...

Previous co-edition with Verso sold 20,000, widely adopted Clear concise introduction or refresher Explains eceonomic mechanisms as well as social implications