Gaia Atlas of Green Economics

by Mayer Hillman, Paul Ekins, Robert Hutchison

Every day, all over the world, billions of people play their part in humanity's global growth economy. Money is the god, material wealth the principal virtue, and market economics the ruler of our times. But this economics of consumption is full of hidden costs. It is drawing us ever deeper into social, ecological, and economic crisis. We are trading the health of the Earth and our communities for freeways and the free market. This pioneering work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385419147
• ISBN13: 9780385419147
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Teaches that Value Comes in Many Forms

This was a textbook at the infamous Friends World College and the only one I kept. Radical economists, when at my house (which isn't often), flip out when they see this book. It appears that it is the Holy Grail of understanding how the economy interplays with the environment - on a million levels. It has great visuals and explains huge ideas in as simple terms as possible. We're measuring "spiritual resources", finding an economic way to "The Conversion to Peace", and discovering ways for "Balancing the market and state". I don't really care what sort of social change you're working for - this is an important guide book!