Description
Product ID: | 9780865719750 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Escape from Overshoot |
Subtitle: | Economics for a Planet in Peril |
Authors: | Author: Peter A. Victor |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Development economics and emerging economies, Development economics & emerging economies, Political economy, Conservation of the environment, Sustainability, Political economy, Conservation of the environment, Sustainability |
Description: | Earth overshoot will end either by design or by disaster. Which future should we choose? An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field. Earth is in overshoot. The juggernaut of economic growth rolls on, consuming the biosphere, breaking planetary boundaries, and stretching inequality and injustice to the breaking point. But does it really need to be this way? And if not, what are the options? In Escape from Overshoot, celebrated ecological economist Peter A. Victor takes us on a grand tour of the overshoot crisis. From the history of economic thought through energy and material blindness, we learn how we got here and why collapse is inevitable unless we change course. But as the clock ticks, what pathways are possible and plausible? Victor surveys the alternatives — from green growth and doughnut economics to well-being, steady-state, and post-growth economics — and their limits. He then dives into what the latest and most sophisticated economic modelling tells us about whether we can intentionally shrink our economy and avoid collapse, all while enhancing human thriving and justice for all. The results are both surprising and profound. Ambitious, measured, and accessible, Escape from Overshoot is a vividly illustrated guide to the past, present, and future of the human economic project and our place on planet earth. |
Imprint Name: | New Society Publishers |
Publisher Name: | New Society Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-04-04 |