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100 1 _aVictor, Peter A.,
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245 1 0 _aManaging without growth
_h[electronic resource] :
_bslower by design, not disaster /
_cPeter A. Victor.
260 _aCheltenham ;
_aNorthampton, Mass. :
_bEdward Elgar,
_cc2008.
300 _a1 online resource (viii, 260 p.) :
_bill.
490 1 _aAdvances in ecological economics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-252) and index.
505 0 _aThe idea of economic growth -- Why manage without growth? -- Systems, information and prices -- Limits to growth : sources -- Limits to growth : sinks and services -- Limits to growth : synthesis -- Scale, composition and technology -- Economic growth and happiness -- The disappointments of economic growth -- Managing without growth in Canada : exploring the possibilities -- Policies for managing without growth.
520 _aPeter Victor challenges the priority that rich countries continue to give to economic growth as an over-arching objective of economic policy. The challenge is based on a critical analysis of the literature on environmental and resource limits to growth, on the disconnect between higher incomes and happiness, and on the failure of economic growth to meet other key economic, social and environmental policy objectives. Shortly after World War II, economic growth became the paramount economic policy objective in most countries, a position that it maintains today. This book presents three arguments on why rich countries should turn away from economic growth as the primary policy objective and pursue more specific objectives that enhance wellbeing.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_xEnvironmental aspects.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776 1 _z1847200788 (hbk.)
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830 0 _aAdvances in ecological economics.
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