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Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train: Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders, And A Plan To Stop Them All - Softcover

Czech, Brian

 
9780520225145: Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train: Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders, And A Plan To Stop Them All
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520225147 ISBN 13: 9780520225145
Verlag: University of California Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Americans have been conditioned to appreciate, cheer, and serve economic growth. Brian Czech argues that, while economic growth was a good thing for much of American history, somewhere along the way it turned bad, depleting resources, polluting the environment, and threatening posterity. Yet growth remains a top priority of the public and polity. In this revolutionary manifesto, Czech knocks economic growth off the pedestal of American ideology. Seeking nothing less than a fundamental change in public opinion, Czech makes a bold plea for castigating society's biggest spenders and sets the stage for the "steady state revolution."

Czech offers a sophisticated yet accessible critique of the principles of economic growth theory and the fallacious extension of these principles into the "pop economics" of Julian Simon and others. He points with hope to the new discipline of ecological economics, which prescribes the steady state economy as a sustainable alternative to economic growth.

Czech explores the psychological underpinnings of our consumer culture by synthesizing theories of Charles Darwin, Thorstein Veblen, and Abraham Maslow. Speaking to ordinary American citizens, he urges us to recognize conspicuous consumers for who they are--bad citizens who are liquidating our grandkids' future. Combining insights from economics, psychology, and ecology with a large dose of common sense, Czech drafts a blueprint for a more satisfying and sustainable society. His ideas reach deeply into our everyday lives as he asks us to re-examine our perspectives on everything from our shopping habits to romance.

From his perspective as a wildlife ecologist, Czech draws revealing parallels between the economy of nature and the human economy. His style is lively, easy to read, humorous, and bound to be controversial. Czech will provoke all of us to ask when we will stop the runaway train of economic growth. His book answers the question, "How do we do it?"

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian Czech is a conservation biologist with the federal government and an adjunct professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is coauthor of The Endangered Species Act: History, Conservation Biology, and Public Policy (2001).

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"Czech has given us a fine mix of economics and ecology, tempered with a lot of common sense."—Herman E. Daly, author of Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, and Ethics

"Czech's book occupies a unique niche by combining a critique of standard economics, a plea for a less excessive lifestyle, and extremely interesting insights from a wildlife biologist. Furthermore, Czech has written a popular book, doing a good job of maintaining an accessible style while presenting detailed information and documentation. A good book for students as well as for the general public, Shoveling Fuel will be more, not less, relevant in the years to come."—John M. Gowdy, co-author of Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature

"Talk of economic sustainability is bogus if not based on ecological principles and environmental realities. Although Czech shows why in a hilarious fashion, this is a serious book about a serious topic. Czech's clarion call for a 'steady state revolution'—what it is and how to bring it about—offers the only hope for real sustainability. This is a fascinating and convincing read."—David L. Trauger, Senior Staff Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey

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"Czech has given us a fine mix of economics and ecology, tempered with a lot of common sense." Herman E. Daly, author of Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, and Ethics

"Czech's book occupies a unique niche by combining a critique of standard economics, a plea for a less excessive lifestyle, and extremely interesting insights from a wildlife biologist. Furthermore, Czech has written a popular book, doing a good job of maintaining an accessible style while presenting detailed information and documentation. A good book for students as well as for the general public, Shoveling Fuel will be more, not less, relevant in the years to come." John M. Gowdy, co-author of Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature

"Talk of economic sustainability is bogus if not based on ecological principles and environmental realities. Although Czech shows why in a hilarious fashion, this is a serious book about a serious topic. Czech's clarion call for a 'steady state revolution' what it is and how to bring it about offers the only hope for real sustainability. This is a fascinating and convincing read." David L. Trauger, Senior Staff Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey

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Verlag
University of California Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0520225147
ISBN 13 
9780520225145
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Anzahl der Seiten
222
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