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The Growth Illusion: How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many and Endangered the Planet
 
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The Growth Illusion: How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many and Endangered the Planet (Paperback)

by Richard Douthwaite (Author)
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  • Paperback: 382 pages
  • Publisher: Green Books; 2nd Revised edition edition (15 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1870098765
  • ISBN-13: 978-1870098762
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 368,831 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #27 in  Books > Business, Finance & Law > Economics > Economic Systems > Free Market
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- Rowland Morgan, The Independent on Sunday
"Here's an economist who can entertain, blowing the whistle on idiocies like the GNP (which makes a country stripping itself bare the best off in the world)... After reading Douthwaite's vivid and convincing case studies it becomes impossible to hear a politician promising recovery (and hence a new bout of consuming) without feeling mingled pity and contempt"

Walter Schwarz, The Guardian
"Richard Douthwaite is an economist with a sharp pen and a gift for nosing out statistics that show we have not progressed as we thought."

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5.0 out of 5 stars You don't need to be an economist to read this book., 18 April 2000
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'How economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many and endangered the planet.'

This is an excellent book, clearly written so that those of us not familiar with the world of economics can follow the author's arguments with ease. Richard Douthwaite shows us the proof that undirected, economic growth leads to unemployment, breakdown of family life, soaring crime rates and environmental destruction. It stands to reason that infinite growth cannot occur in a finite world, but that fact is exactly what most governments seem to ignore. Accordingly, they set their economic policies in motion as if there were no tomorrow. The introduction starts with a quote from Kenneth Boulding which states 'Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist' sets the tone for the rest of the book. The mind boggles at the shortsightedness of those who direct the world's economy. This book is a fascinating look at the nature of capitalism and whether or not continued economic growth is realistically or even morally feasible. It'll make you think. A must read.

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