[PDF] The Other Road To Serfdom The Path To Sustainable Democracy eBook

Author : Eric Zencey
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,58 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 161168367X

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Eric Zencey's frontal assault on the "infinite planet" foundations of neoconservative political thought

Author : M. D. Usher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1108879411

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The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D. Usher argues rather that we can find in their lives and thought the origin of modern ideas about systems and sustainability, important topics for humans today and in the future. With chapters running the gamut of Greek and Roman experience – from the Presocratics and Plato to Roman agronomy and the Benedictine Rule – Plato's Pigs brings together unlikely bedfellows, both ancient and modern, to reveal surprising connections. Lively prose and liberal use of anecdotal detail, including an afterword about the author's own experiments with sustainable living on his sheep farm in Vermont, add a strong authorial voice. In short, this is a unique, first-of-its-kind book that is sure to be of interest to anyone working in Classics, environmental studies, philosophy, ecology, or the history of ideas.

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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What is Thermoeconomics In the field of heterodox economics, the thermoeconomics school of thought, which is sometimes known as biophysical economics, is a school of thought that applies the laws of statistical mechanics to economic theory. A subfield of econophysics, thermoeconomics can be regarded of as the statistical physics of economic value. It is also another name for thermoeconomics. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Thermoeconomics Chapter 2: Entropy Chapter 3: Pessimism Chapter 4: Thermodynamics Chapter 5: Ecological economics Chapter 6: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Chapter 7: Irreversible process Chapter 8: Econophysics Chapter 9: Herman Daly Chapter 10: Steady-state economy Chapter 11: Heterodox economics Chapter 12: Ecodynamics Chapter 13: Energy quality Chapter 14: Robert Ayres (scientist) Chapter 15: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Chapter 16: Charles A. S. Hall Chapter 17: Eric Zencey Chapter 18: Degrowth Chapter 19: Bioeconomics Chapter 20: Mauro Bonaiuti Chapter 21: Vladimir Pokrovskii (II) Answering the public top questions about thermoeconomics. (III) Real world examples for the usage of thermoeconomics in many fields. (IV) Rich glossary featuring over 1200 terms to unlock a comprehensive understanding of thermoeconomics. (eBook only). Who will benefit Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of thermoeconomics.

Author : Jon D. Erickson
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 18,52 MB
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1642832537

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We live under the illusion of progress: as long as GDP is going up and prices stay low, we accept poverty and pollution as unfortunate but inevitable byproducts of a successful economy. In fact, the infallibility of the free market and the necessity of endless growth are so ingrained in the public consciousness that they seem like scientific fact. Jon Erickson asks, why? With the planet in peril and humanity in crisis, how did we get duped into believing the fairytale of economics? And how can we get past the illusion to design an economy that is socially just and ecologically balanced? In The Progress Illusion, Erickson charts the rise of the economic worldview and its infiltration into our daily lives as a theory of everything. Drawing on his own experience as a young economist inoculated in the 1980s era of “greed is good,” Erickson shows how pseudoscience came to dominate economic thought. He pokes holes in the conventional wisdom of neo-classical economics, illustrating how flawed theories about financial decision-making and maximizing efficiency ignore human psychology and morality. Most importantly, he demonstrates how that thinking shaped our politics and determined the course of American public policy. The result has been a system that perpetually concentrates wealth in the hands of a few, while depleting the natural resources on which economies are based. While the history of economics is dismal indeed, Erickson is part of a vigorous reform effort grounded in the realities of life on a finite planet. This new brand of economics is both gaining steam in academia and supporting social activism. The goal is people over profit, community over consumption, and resilience over recklessness. Erickson shows crafting a new economic story is the first step toward turning away from endless growth and towards enduring prosperity.

Author : Miriam Tatzel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9400773684

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This volume addresses how we can find happiness and well-being in the material world. It builds on previous works that find that materialism is associated with lowered well-being (materialists are less happy) and that consumerism, in all its profusion, is harmful to environmental well-being. How can we use the money and possessions in our lives in the service of well-being? Apparently not by being materialistic. Can we benefit from the many wonders of the marketplace -- in technology, convenience and aesthetics -- without falling prey to the lures and dangers of excessive material preoccupation? Can we meet our material needs in ways that nourish growth and well-being? The authors of the chapters in this volume are on-going researchers into such questions. Herein you can learn about the hedonic benefits of thrift and of spending on experiences; how possessions can be beneficial; how different types of consumers spend money; cultural variations in conceptions of the "good life;" how we might reconcile environmental and consumer well-being; and how to measure the whole of human, economic, and environmental well-being. Taken all together, this collection finds grounds for compatibility between what's good for the consumer and what's good for the environment. This volume appeals to academics, professionals, students and others interested in materialism and consumer well-being.

Author : David W. Hursh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317619684

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The End of Public Schools analyzes the effect of foundations, corporations, and non-governmental organizations on the rise of neoliberal principles in public education. By first contextualizing the privatization of education within the context of a larger educational crisis, and with particular emphasis on the Gates Foundation and influential state and national politicians, it describes how specific policies that limit public control are advanced across all levels. Informed by a thorough understanding of issues such as standardized testing, teacher tenure, and charter schools, David Hursh provides a political and pedagogical critique of the current school reform movement, as well details about the increasing resistance efforts on the part of parents, teachers, and the general public.

Author : Rob Larson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2018
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781785357336

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A single-handed debunking of libertarian economics and "the age of Friedman".

Author : Thomas Aubrey
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 2023-12
Category : Liberalism
ISBN : 1529225299

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Drawing on the German ordoliberal tradition, this book argues that liberalism's reliance on a utilitarian policy framework has resulted in increased concentrations of power, restricting freedom and equality. It proposes an alternative public policy framework and offers a practical pathway to realign policy making with liberal ideas.

Author : Bathsheba Demuth
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0393635171

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A groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between capitalism, communism, and Arctic ecology since the dawn of the industrial age. Whales and walruses, caribou and fox, gold and oil: through the stories of these animals and resources, Bathsheba Demuth reveals how people have turned ecological wealth in a remote region into economic growth and state power for more than 150 years. The first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the Arctic land and waters stretching from Russia to Canada, Floating Coast breaks away from familiar narratives to provide a fresh and fascinating perspective on an overlooked landscape. The unforgiving territory along the Bering Strait had long been home to humans—the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, and the Yupik and Chukchi in Russia—before Americans and Europeans arrived with revolutionary ideas for progress. Rapidly, these frigid lands and waters became the site of an ongoing experiment: How, under conditions of extreme scarcity, would the great modern ideologies of capitalism and communism control and manage the resources they craved? Drawing on her own experience living with and interviewing indigenous people in the region, as well as from archival sources, Demuth shows how the social, the political, and the environmental clashed in this liminal space. Through the lens of the natural world, she views human life and economics as fundamentally about cycles of energy, bringing a fresh and visionary spin to the writing of human history. Floating Coast is a profoundly resonant tale of the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that immense human needs and ambitions have brought, and will continue to bring, to a finite planet.