Keyword: economics

The End of Growth
Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
by Richard Heinberg

Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

The Wealth of Nature
Economics as If Survival Mattered
by John Michael Greer

The Wealth of Nature proposes a new model of economics based on the integral value of ecology. Building on the foundations of E.F. Schumacher's revolutionary “economics as if people mattered”, this book examines the true cost of confusing money …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Creating Wealth
Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies
by Gwendolyn Hallsmith & Bernard Lietaer

Communities everywhere are challenged by issues such as health, elder and child care, housing, education, food security and the environment. On the surface, these problems appear to be rooted in economic crisis—forexample budget cuts have …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Humanizing the Economy
Co-operatives in the Age of Capital
by John Restakis

At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , Conscientious Commerce

On Gandhi's Path
Bob Swann's Work for Peace and Community Economics
by Stephanie Mills

Bigger has turned out not to be better. Servicing the global economy has exacted a heavy toll in the erosion of our communities and the destruction of our environment. Increasingly, we are coming to realize that the way forward looks a lot like the …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership

Life, Money and Illusion
Living on Earth as if we want to stay
by Mike Nickerson

In recent years, unchecked growth has brought us to the brink of economic and environmental collapse. Life, Money and Illusion was inspired by the dilemma of having an economic structure that has to grow to remain healthy, while facing the finite …
related subjects: Conscientious Commerce , Environment & Economy

The Economics of Happiness
Building Genuine Wealth
by Mark Anielski
foreword by Herman Daly

We all know that money can't buy you love...or happiness, but we have been living our lives as though the accumulation of wealth is the key to our dreams.
Why, in spite of increasing economic prosperity over the past 50 years, are many conditions of …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Ripples from the Zambezi
Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies
by Ernesto Sirolli

After six years of economic development work in Africa, Ernesto Sirolli witnessed how little most foreign aid programs were actually doing for the people they hoped to help-from creating a communal tomato field on the banks of the Zambezi river …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership