Hirsch: Social Limits to Growth by Fred Hirsch

Hirsch: Social Limits to Growth by Fred Hirsch

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Hirsch: Social Limits to Growth by Fred Hirsch

The promise of economic growth which has dominated society for so long has reached an impasse. In his classic analysis, Fred Hirsch argued that the causes of this were essentially social rather than physical. Affluence brings its own problems. As societies become richer, an increasing proportion of the extra goods and services created are not available to everybody. Material affluence does not make for a better society.

Fred Hirsch's classic exposition of the social limits to growth manages to connect many of the apparently disparate factors that blight modern life: alienation at work and deteriorating cities as well as inflation and unemployment.

Fred Hirsch was formerly Professor of International studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He died in 1978.

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ISBN 13 9780674813663
ISBN 10 0674813669
Title Hirsch: Social Limits to Growth
Author Fred Hirsch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1976-01-01
Number of pages 200
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