272 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1975. Two policy proposals are particularly notable and owe nothing to the long-standing controversies between left and right. Rather, they suggest new perceptions of reality and a changing sense of values. They are thoroughly radical and indeed subversive since they attack two fundamental features of modern society: its tendency to exponential growth and its assumption of... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Mancur Olson; Chapter 2 Zero Population Growth, Kingsley Davis; Chapter 3 Population and the American Predicament, John P. Holdren; Chapter 4 Two Cheers for ZPG, Norman B. Ryder; Chapter 5 Ills, Bads, and Disamenities, E. J. Mishan; Chapter 6 The Shadow of the Stationary State, Kenneth E. Boulding; Chapter 7 The Risks of Growth, Richard Zeckhauser; Chapter 8 On Reforming Economic Growth, Marc J. Roberts; Chapter 9 The Technology of Zero Growth, Harvey Brooks; Chapter 10 Rich Countries and Poor in a Finite, Interdependent World, Lester Brown; Chapter 11 Should the Poor Buy no Growth?, Willard R. Johnson; Chapter 12 Urban Zero Population Growth, William Alonso; Chapter 13 Growth vs. No Growth, Roland N. Mckean; Epilogue, Mancur Olson, Hans H. Landsberg, Joseph L. Fisher;
Biography
Edited by Mancur Olson and Hans H. Landsberg
