Economics as if the World Mattered
In this powerful and
provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a
generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the
compelling case for moving beyond "growth" as the paramount economic
ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing
more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating
more of their own culture and entertainment. Our purchases need not be at odds
with the things we truly value, McKibben argues, and the more we nurture the
essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.
In this powerful and
provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a
generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the
compelling case for moving beyond "growth" as the paramount economic
ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing
more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating
more of their own culture and entertainment. Our purchases need not be at odds
with the things we truly value, McKibben argues, and the more we nurture the
essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.
