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Escape from Overshoot
Economics for a Planet in Peril
Taschenbuch von Peter A Victor
Sprache: Englisch

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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.

¿JASON HICKEL, author, Less is More

The perfect launch pad for new economic thinking.

¿JOHAN ROCKSTRÖM, co-author, Earth for All

A superb account of the economic ideas which helped lead us here, and the rich menu of post-growth options currently available. ¿JULIET SCHOR, author, Plenitude

All who care about the kind of world we are leaving to our grandchildren ... must read this vital book.

¿DAVID SUZUKI

A sweeping analysis of the flawed economic mindset that has pushed us to the brink and an inspired prescription for the new economics needed to help pull us back.

¿WILLIAM REES, co-author, Our Ecological Footprint

A tour de force ... [and] must read for anyone concerned about our collective future.

¿PRATIMA BANSAL, University of Western Ontario

Essential insights into the economic thinking that led to social and environmental disaster.

¿RICHARD B. NORGAARD, University of California, Berkeley

EARTH IS IN OVERSHOOT. The juggernaught 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.

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PETER A. VICTOR, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at York University and author of Managing without Growth. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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.

¿JASON HICKEL, author, Less is More

The perfect launch pad for new economic thinking.

¿JOHAN ROCKSTRÖM, co-author, Earth for All

A superb account of the economic ideas which helped lead us here, and the rich menu of post-growth options currently available. ¿JULIET SCHOR, author, Plenitude

All who care about the kind of world we are leaving to our grandchildren ... must read this vital book.

¿DAVID SUZUKI

A sweeping analysis of the flawed economic mindset that has pushed us to the brink and an inspired prescription for the new economics needed to help pull us back.

¿WILLIAM REES, co-author, Our Ecological Footprint

A tour de force ... [and] must read for anyone concerned about our collective future.

¿PRATIMA BANSAL, University of Western Ontario

Essential insights into the economic thinking that led to social and environmental disaster.

¿RICHARD B. NORGAARD, University of California, Berkeley

EARTH IS IN OVERSHOOT. The juggernaught 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.

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PETER A. VICTOR, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at York University and author of Managing without Growth. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Über den Autor

Peter A. Victor is Professor Emeritus at York University. He was awarded a PhD in economics from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has worked for 50 years in Canada and abroad as an academic, consultant, and public servant specializing in ecological economics and alternatives to economic growth. Peter sits on the Honorary Board of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Circle of Ecological Economics Elders, is chair of the Science Advisory Committee of the Footprint Data Foundation, and is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada. He was the recipient of the Molson Prize in the Social Sciences from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2011 and the Boulding Memorial Prize from the International Society for Ecological Economics in 2014. He is the author of six previous books, including Managing without Growth. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Prologue: A Planet in Peril

Chapter 1. Overshoot - A Look at the Evidence

Overshoot

The Economy as a Sub-System of the Planet

Material Flows

Forests

Agriculture

The Great Acceleration

Biodiversity

Chapter 2. How to Think About the Future

Chapter 3. Voices from the Past - Economic Growth and its Critics

From Progress to Economic Growth

Classical Economics and Economic Growth

Neoclassical Economics Takes Center Stage

Critics of Economic Growth

Environmental Economics

Ecological Economics

Conclusion

Chapter 4. The Economic System - How Does it Work?

The Neoclassical Capitalist Economy

The Keynesian and Post-Keynesian Capitalist Economy

The Marxian and Post-Marxian Capitalist Economy

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Current Trends to an Uncertain Future
Economic Trends

Demographic Trends

Income Inequality Trends

Investment Trends

Consumption Trends

Technology Trends

Work Trends

Energy Trends

Conclusion

Chapter 6. Green Growth - A Dangerous Distraction?

Defining Green Growth

Growth of Many Colors

Does Increased Efficiency Lead to Decoupling?

Future Prospects for Green Growth

Stocks not Flows: The Achilles Heel of Green Growth

Green Investment

Barriers to Green Growth

Conclusion

Chapter 7. Post Growth Possibilities

Steady-State Economy

Circular Economy

Wellbeing Economy

Buen Vivir

Doughnut Economics

Regenerative Economy

Degrowth

Ecosocialism

Conclusion

Chapter 8. Modeling an Escape from Overshoot

The Story So Far

From Local to Global Overshoot

Contraction and Convergence

Reprising the Limits to Growth

The Plausibility and Possibility of a Planned Contraction of a High-Income Economy

Chapter 9. Planning an Escape from Overshoot

Fourteen Propositions for Planning an Escape from Overshoot

Living the Escape from Overshoot

Reforms on the Path to Escape

Conclusion

Notes

Index

About the Author

About New Society Publishers

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Volkswirtschaft
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780865719750
ISBN-10: 0865719756
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Victor, Peter A
Hersteller: New Society Publishers
Maße: 221 x 191 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Peter A Victor
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,602 kg
Artikel-ID: 124123995
Über den Autor

Peter A. Victor is Professor Emeritus at York University. He was awarded a PhD in economics from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has worked for 50 years in Canada and abroad as an academic, consultant, and public servant specializing in ecological economics and alternatives to economic growth. Peter sits on the Honorary Board of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Circle of Ecological Economics Elders, is chair of the Science Advisory Committee of the Footprint Data Foundation, and is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada. He was the recipient of the Molson Prize in the Social Sciences from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2011 and the Boulding Memorial Prize from the International Society for Ecological Economics in 2014. He is the author of six previous books, including Managing without Growth. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Prologue: A Planet in Peril

Chapter 1. Overshoot - A Look at the Evidence

Overshoot

The Economy as a Sub-System of the Planet

Material Flows

Forests

Agriculture

The Great Acceleration

Biodiversity

Chapter 2. How to Think About the Future

Chapter 3. Voices from the Past - Economic Growth and its Critics

From Progress to Economic Growth

Classical Economics and Economic Growth

Neoclassical Economics Takes Center Stage

Critics of Economic Growth

Environmental Economics

Ecological Economics

Conclusion

Chapter 4. The Economic System - How Does it Work?

The Neoclassical Capitalist Economy

The Keynesian and Post-Keynesian Capitalist Economy

The Marxian and Post-Marxian Capitalist Economy

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Current Trends to an Uncertain Future
Economic Trends

Demographic Trends

Income Inequality Trends

Investment Trends

Consumption Trends

Technology Trends

Work Trends

Energy Trends

Conclusion

Chapter 6. Green Growth - A Dangerous Distraction?

Defining Green Growth

Growth of Many Colors

Does Increased Efficiency Lead to Decoupling?

Future Prospects for Green Growth

Stocks not Flows: The Achilles Heel of Green Growth

Green Investment

Barriers to Green Growth

Conclusion

Chapter 7. Post Growth Possibilities

Steady-State Economy

Circular Economy

Wellbeing Economy

Buen Vivir

Doughnut Economics

Regenerative Economy

Degrowth

Ecosocialism

Conclusion

Chapter 8. Modeling an Escape from Overshoot

The Story So Far

From Local to Global Overshoot

Contraction and Convergence

Reprising the Limits to Growth

The Plausibility and Possibility of a Planned Contraction of a High-Income Economy

Chapter 9. Planning an Escape from Overshoot

Fourteen Propositions for Planning an Escape from Overshoot

Living the Escape from Overshoot

Reforms on the Path to Escape

Conclusion

Notes

Index

About the Author

About New Society Publishers

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Volkswirtschaft
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780865719750
ISBN-10: 0865719756
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Victor, Peter A
Hersteller: New Society Publishers
Maße: 221 x 191 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Peter A Victor
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,602 kg
Artikel-ID: 124123995
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