The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the 21st century. However, so far the current debates questioning the viability of perpetual growth lack a thorough historical perspective. This volume addresses the origins and evolution of the growth paradigm, explores transportation, health, resource consumption and material flows as case studies of the complex repercussions of growth, and examines sustainable development, sustainable growth, buen vivir and degrowth as examples of alternative developmental models. The book provides the necessary historical depth to the…mehr
The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the 21st century. However, so far the current debates questioning the viability of perpetual growth lack a thorough historical perspective. This volume addresses the origins and evolution of the growth paradigm, explores transportation, health, resource consumption and material flows as case studies of the complex repercussions of growth, and examines sustainable development, sustainable growth, buen vivir and degrowth as examples of alternative developmental models. The book provides the necessary historical depth to the ongoing discussion on suitable principles of present and future global development.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Iris Borowy is Distinguished Professor at Shanghai University, China. Matthias Schmelzer works at the Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie in Leipzig and is a Permanent Fellow at the Research Group on Post-Growth Societies at the University of Jena, Germany.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: the end of economic growth in long-term perspective Iris Borowy and Matthias Schmelzer 1 Seventeenth-century origins of the growth paradigm Gareth Dale 2 Growth unlimited: the idea of infinite growth from fossil capitalism to green capitalism Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Christophe Bonneuil 3 The end of gold? Monetary metals studied at the planetary and human scale during the classical gold standard era Andrea Westermann 4 Gross domestic problem: how the politics of GDP shaped society and the world Lorenzo Fioramonti 5 Development and economic growth: an intellectual history Stephen Macekura 6 Economic growth and health: evidence, uncertainties, and connections over time and place Iris Borowy 7 An incompatible couple: a critical history of economic growth and sustainable development Jeremy L. Caradonna 8 Sustainable degrowth: historical roots of the search for alternatives to growth in three regions Barbara Muraca and Matthias Schmelzer Index
List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: the end of economic growth in long-term perspective Iris Borowy and Matthias Schmelzer 1 Seventeenth-century origins of the growth paradigm Gareth Dale 2 Growth unlimited: the idea of infinite growth from fossil capitalism to green capitalism Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Christophe Bonneuil 3 The end of gold? Monetary metals studied at the planetary and human scale during the classical gold standard era Andrea Westermann 4 Gross domestic problem: how the politics of GDP shaped society and the world Lorenzo Fioramonti 5 Development and economic growth: an intellectual history Stephen Macekura 6 Economic growth and health: evidence, uncertainties, and connections over time and place Iris Borowy 7 An incompatible couple: a critical history of economic growth and sustainable development Jeremy L. Caradonna 8 Sustainable degrowth: historical roots of the search for alternatives to growth in three regions Barbara Muraca and Matthias Schmelzer Index
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