Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not DisasterManaging Without Growth offers a compelling argument for the need for a new policy focus in the rich nations. Peter Victor argues that it is time for our obsession with economic growth to end. A new focus on human well-being must replace our more is bette |
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2 Why manage without growth? | 23 |
3 Systems information and prices | 39 |
4 Limits to growth sources | 47 |
5 Limits to growth sinks and services | 72 |
6 Limits to growth synthesis | 89 |
7 Scale composition and technology | 99 |
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