More from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next
A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population
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- ISBN: 9781982103576
- Physical Description 337 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 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. |
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| 264 | 1. | ‡a[Place of publication not identified] : ‡b[publisher not identified], ‡c2019. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bScribner, ‡c2019. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a337 pages ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aIntroduction: 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. |
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| 650 | 0. | ‡aConservation of natural resources. ‡0(DLC)sh 85031255 ‡0(NFPL)94081 | |
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