172 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The world needs a new economy. In spite of tremendous and growing material prosperity, inequality is on the rise and the current organization of the Earth’s natural resources has failed to address the basic human needs of billions of people. This book exposes the bottlenecks of the present path of economic growth and discusses the main path to alternatives.
In spite of undeniable advances, all... Read more
Introduction: putting the economy to work for development 1. Poor in what way? 2. The myth of the immaterial: green economy is not the same as green growth 3. The frog and the scorpion: could capitalism ever show consideration for the world at large? 4. The information networks economy expands social cooperation
Biography
Ricardo Abramovay is Professor in the Department of Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
