The Growth Illusion: How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many, and Endangered the PlanetGreen Books, 1992 - 367 من الصفحات The idea that economic growth is beneficial is deeply rooted in Western culture and forms the basis of the economic strategies of all major British political parties. The author shows in this book, the reality is that in recent years the negative effects of growth have far outweighed the positive. |
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... consumption between 1841 and 1850 to 31 per cent of a much larger volume in the next decade . Food consumption grew rapidly as a result of the lower prices , as the follow- ing table , from Michael Mulhall's Fifty Years of National ...
... consumption between 1841 and 1850 to 31 per cent of a much larger volume in the next decade . Food consumption grew rapidly as a result of the lower prices , as the follow- ing table , from Michael Mulhall's Fifty Years of National ...
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... consumption per adult almost doubled . This brought a host of problems apart from violent crime : prosecutions for drunken driving soared , and deaths from cirrhosis of the liver almost doubled . Estimates of the fatal consequences of ...
... consumption per adult almost doubled . This brought a host of problems apart from violent crime : prosecutions for drunken driving soared , and deaths from cirrhosis of the liver almost doubled . Estimates of the fatal consequences of ...
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... consumption and production with reduced emissions of 70 to 90 per cent with the exception of emissions of CO , - provided that the traditional end - of - pipe cleaning techniques are supplemented by structural modifications in the ...
... consumption and production with reduced emissions of 70 to 90 per cent with the exception of emissions of CO , - provided that the traditional end - of - pipe cleaning techniques are supplemented by structural modifications in the ...
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Introduction | 4 |
Quality or Quantity? | 15 |
Ill Fares the Land | 33 |
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