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The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability  Cover Image Book Book

The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability / James Gustave Speth.

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  • ISBN: 9780300136111 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0300136110 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xix, 295 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.

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General Note:
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Looking into the abyss -- Modern capitalism : out of control -- The limits of today's environmentalism -- The market : making it work for the environment -- Economic growth : moving to a post-growth society -- Real growth : promoting the well-being of people and nature -- Consumption : living with enough, not always more -- The corporation : changing the fundamental dynamics -- Capitalism's core : advancing beyond today's capitalism -- A new consciousness -- A new politics -- The bridge at the edge of the world.
Subject: Environmental economics.
Capitalism > Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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