416 Pages
by
Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1986. Economics is in trouble. Its policy instruments are blunt, its experts disagree and its theories are in disarray in the face of global economics disorder: unprecedented levels of indebtedness, endemic inflation, high unemployment , deepening world poverty and gross environmental degradation. The Living Economy analyses conventional economic theory in the light of... Read more
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION PART I THE NEED FOR A NEW ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH: MEDICINE OR DISEASE? THE SCOURGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT; THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DISORDER; INDICATORS OF NO REAL MEANING; PART II PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST; 1 A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE 2 A QUESTION OF NEEDS 3 THE NATURE OF WORK 4 IN SEARCH OF SELF-RELIANCE 5 HEALTH IS WEALTH 6 INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS PART III THE NEW ECONOMICS IN ACTION 7 ACCESS TO LAND 8 FINANCIAL FUTURE 9 WORKING LIKE WOMEN 10 TAXATION, BENEFITS AND THE BASIC INCOME 11 INDUSTRIAL PRIORITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICE 12 LOCAL ECONOMIC REGENERATION AND CO-OPERATION 13 LEARNING FROM THE SOUTH 14 TRADE AND THE MULTINATIONALS
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Edited by Paul Ekins
`... not only gives practical guidance on how to dig ourselves out of the mess we are in, but makes economics interesting again - no mean achievement.' - Jonathan Porritt, Observer
`Compare it in importance to Smith's Wealth of Nations and Keynes' General Theory ... An immensely significant social experiment.' - The Guardian
