The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters

by Diane Coyle

Book Overview

Why our economy is cheating the future--and what we can do about it

The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691145180
• ISBN13: 9780691145181
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"