1st Edition

The Economic Growth Controversy

Edited By Leonard Poon, Eli Schwartz, J. Richard Aronson Copyright 1973
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    Is economic growth desirable? Possible? Necessary? The distinguished social scientists represented in this collection give conflicting answers, resulting in a lively debate on the costs and benefits of growth in the developed and developing countries. This volume, first published in 1973, contains proceedings of a Conference on the Limits to Growth, held at the Center for Social Research, Lehigh University, October 1972. This book will be of interest to students of economics.

    Preface;  Contributors;  Introduction;  1. Growth and Antigrowth: What Are the Issues?  2. Is the End of the World at Hand?  3. Can Technological Progress Continue to Provide for the Future?  4. Energy Supply as a Factor in Economic Growth  5. Growth and Environmental Problems of Noncapitalist Nations  6. Social Consequences of Zero Economic Growth  7. Zero Economic Growth and the Distribution of Income  8. In There an Optimum Level of Population?  9. Discussion of Papers  10. A Dialogue on the Issues  11. The Club of Rome Model

    Biography

    Andrew Weintraub, Eli Schwartz, Richard J. Aronson