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More from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next  Cover Image Book Book

More from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next / Andrew McAfee.

McAfee, Andrew, (author.).

Summary:

"A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982103576 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: README -- All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth: the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- CRIB notes -- What causes dematerialization? markets and marvels -- Adam Smith said that: a few words about capitalism -- What else is needed? people and policies -- The global gallop of the four horsemen -- Getting so much better -- Powers of concentration -- Stressed be the tie that binds: disconnection -- Looking ahead: the world cleanses itself this way -- Inventions: how to be good -- Conclusion: Our next planet.
Subject: Capitalism.
Conservation of natural resources.
Consumption (Economics) > Environmental aspects.
Environmentalism.
Natural resources > Environmental aspects.
Technology > Economic aspects.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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