A bold and urgent argument by economist and former bank governor Mark Carney on the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based not on market values but on human values.
Our world...
Environmental economics
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Author:Carney, MarkSummary: - Author:Klein, NaomiSummary:
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the...
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Author:Greer, John MichaelSummary:Our destructive obsession with money and economic growth has driven us to the brink of disaster. This book exposes the flaws in conventional economic theory and shows how through public policy initiatives and personal choices the...
- Author:Conaty, Pat, Lewis, MikeSummary:
We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place—compelled by the intertwined forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE...
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Author:Ellwood, WayneSummary:The world's addiction to economic growth continues with barely any recognition that this is a problem. Indeed, in a Western world currently dominated by austerity measures and ducking in and out of recession, growth is seen even by...
- Author:Rand, TomSummary:
A warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide: anti-market critics from Naomi Klein to the Pope target capitalism itself as a root cause of climate change, while neoconservatives who diminish...
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Author:Czech, BrianSummary:Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks these...
- Author:Lefèvre, ThierrySummary:
S'il est vrai que, au fil des décennies, les pays riches ont largement profité de la croissance économique, nous constatons que la logique de développement dominante constitue maintenant une menace pour notre civilisation. Au-delà de l'...
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Author:Summary:In the 20th century, cheap and abundant energy brought previously unimaginable advances in health, wealth, and technology, and fed an explosion in population and consumption. But this growth came at an incredible cost. Climate change,...
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Author:Clapp, JenniferSummary:This comprehensive and accessible text fills the need for a political economy view of global environmental politics, focusing on the ways key economic processes affect environmental outcomes. It examines the main actors and forces...
- Author:Grisar, MichelSummary:
Les problèmes sur Terre existent parce que l'homme les crée et les entretient. Nous sommes en fin de cycle. Il convient de changer et vite ! De quoi va-t-on accoucher ? Décadence ou renaissance ? • Réinventer l'économie,...
- Author:Victor, Peter A.Summary:
Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth has stressed the planet beyond carrying capacity. This richly illustrated book describes our current predicament...
- Author:Beyers, Bert, Wackernagel, MathisSummary:
Ecological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew--its biocapacity--and distils this...
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Author:Klein, SethSummary:"This is the roadmap out of climate crisis that Canadians have been waiting for." - Naomi Klein, activist and New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine One of Canada's top policy...
