Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train: Errant Economists Brian Czech hc/dj

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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520225082
ISBN-13
9780520225084
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1740339

Product Key Features

Book Title
Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train : Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders, and a Plan to Stop Them All
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Sociology / General, Environmental Economics, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Author
Brian Czech
Format
Hardcover

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0.8 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
00-022311
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"[Czech] breaks down complex concepts . . . into easy-to-understand and informative terms."-- The Compendium Newsletter
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
338.9
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Prologue: A Wilderness Trail to an Economic Tale PART 1. THE RUNAWAY TRAIN 1. Economic Growth as a National Goal 2. What Did Jack Kemp Really Say? 3. What Will They Think of Next, and Why? 4. Simon Said 5. Copernicus, Are You Out There? PART 2. STOPPING THE TRAIN 6. The Steady State Revolution: Precepts and Terminology 7. Relations with the Liquidating Class 8. Relations with the Steady State Class 9. Relations with the Amorphic Class 10. Exemplary Steady Statism CONCLUSION: LAYING NEW TRACKS References Index
Synopsis
Americans have been conditioned to appreciate, cheer, and serve economic growth. Brian Czech argues that, while economic growth was a good thing for much of American history, somewhere along the way it turned bad, depleting resources, polluting the environment, and threatening posterity. Yet growth remains a top priority of the public and polity. In this revolutionary manifesto, Czech knocks economic growth off the pedestal of American ideology. Seeking nothing less than a fundamental change in public opinion, Czech makes a bold plea for castigating society's biggest spenders and sets the stage for the "steady state revolution." Czech offers a sophisticated yet accessible critique of the principles of economic growth theory and the fallacious extension of these principles into the "pop economics" of Julian Simon and others. He points with hope to the new discipline of ecological economics, which prescribes the steady state economy as a sustainable alternative to economic growth. Czech explores the psychological underpinnings of our consumer culture by synthesizing theories of Charles Darwin, Thorstein Veblen, and Abraham Maslow. Speaking to ordinary American citizens, he urges us to recognize conspicuous consumers for who they are--bad citizens who are liquidating our grandkids' future. Combining insights from economics, psychology, and ecology with a large dose of common sense, Czech drafts a blueprint for a more satisfying and sustainable society. His ideas reach deeply into our everyday lives as he asks us to re-examine our perspectives on everything from our shopping habits to romance. From his perspective as a wildlife ecologist, Czech draws revealing parallels between the economy of nature and the human economy. His style is lively, easy to read, humorous, and bound to be controversial. Czech will provoke all of us to ask when we will stop the runaway train of economic growth. His book answers the question, "How do we do it?"
LC Classification Number
HD75.6 .C97 2000

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