Joel Magnuson 
The Approaching Great Transformation [EPUB ebook] 
Toward a Liveable Post Carbon Economy

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Joel Magnuson’s visionary insights into the decline of the Oil Age and life afterward combine sobering warnings with genuine hope.
The facts are hard: global oil deposits will soon peak if they haven’t already and the violent race to secure what’s left has already begun. Meanwhile, our culture of consumption continues its heedless dependence on this and other scarce and fast-disappearing resources including other fossil fuels, water, topsoil, and basic metals. The consequences won’t just be expensive gasoline. The very nature of life as we’ve come to know it will change and Magnuson explains how compounding factors like global warming, skyrocketing debt, and ill-prepared governments stand to turn this inevitable change into a needless catastrophe.
But the hope is real: individuals and communities around the world have already begun taking action to shift away from consumer culture. Drawing on the visionary work of E.F. Schumacher, John Ruskin, and other pioneering thinkers, Magnuson argues that mindful and concerted action can shape the future. With an emphasis on current transitional projects like B Corporations and LETS projects, he shows that the true great transformation is already underway and it’s up to us to continue it.
With a foreword by Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC)

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Cuprins

Introduction: Another Sea Change in From Transition to Transformation;
Economies in Transition—A Systems View;
This Road Paved With Good Intentions;
E.F. Schumacher and the Meta-Economists;
The New Monastics;
Education and Our Great Transformation.

Despre autor

JOEL MAGNUSON, Ph.D. is an independent economist based in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is the author of several books as well numerous articles in journals and anthologies in the US, Europe, and Japan. His newest book, From Greed to Wellbeing , is forthcoming by Policy Press, 2016.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 240 ● ISBN 9781447311171 ● Mărime fișier 0.7 MB ● Editura Policy Press ● Țară GB ● Publicat 2013 ● Ediție 1 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 2718589 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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