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Author Gilding, Paul, 1959-

Title The great disruption : why the climate crisis will bring on the end of shopping and the birth of a new world / Paul Gilding.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  304.2 GILDING    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  304.2 GILDING    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  304.2 GIL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  304.2 G38    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  304.2 GILDING    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 292 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
Contents An economic and social hurricane -- The scream : we are their children's children -- A very big problem -- Beyond the limits : the great disruption -- Addicted to growth -- Global foreshock : the year that growth stopped -- The road ahead : our planetary Sat Nav -- Are we finished? -- When the dam of denial breaks -- The one-degree war -- How an Austrian economist could save the world -- Creative destruction on steroids : out with the old, in with the new -- Shifting sands : from Middle Eastern oil to Chinese sun -- The elephant in the room : growth doesn't work -- The happiness economy -- Yes, there is life after shopping -- No, the poor will not always be with us -- Ineffective inequality -- The future is here, it's just not widely distributed yet -- Guess who's in charge?
Subject Social ecology.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Social change.
ISBN 9781608192236 hardcover alkaline paper $25.00
1608192237 hardcover alkaline paper
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