Deep economy : the wealth of communities and the durable future / Bill McKibben.

Deep economy : the wealth of communities and the durable future / Bill McKibben.

1st ed.

0805076263
9780805076264

New York : Times Books, 2007.

English

261 p. ; 25 cm.

306.3 M158d 2007

(OCoLC)71812887
(OCoLC)71812887

An impassioned call for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives. In this manifesto, journalist McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, he observes, "more" is no longer synonymous with "better"--indeed, they have become almost opposites. McKibben puts forward a new way to think about the things we buy, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the money that pays for it all. Our purchases, he says, need not be at odds with the things we truly value. McKibben's animating idea is that we need to move beyond "growth" as the paramount economic ideal and pursue prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment.--From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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