Pilling, David
The growth delusion : the wealth and well-being of nations Wealth and well-being of nations David Pilling - London : Bloomsbury, c2018. - viii, 338 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The cult of growth
Part one. The problems with growth
Kuznet's monster
The wages of sin
The good, the bad, and the invisible
Too much of a good thing
The internet stole my GDP
What's wrong with the average Joe
Part two. Growth and the developing world
Elephants and rhubarb
Growthmanship
Black power, green power
Part three. Beyond growth
Wealth
A modern Domesday
The lord of happiness
GDP 2.0
The growth conclusion.
"In The growth delusion, author and prize-winning journalist David Pilling explores how economists and their cult of growth have hijacked our policy-making and infiltrated our thinking about what makes societies work. Our policies are geared relentlessly towards increasing our standard measure of growth, Gross Domestic Product. By this yardstick we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way? Why are we living in such fractured times, with global populism on the rise and wealth inequality as stark as ever?" --Publisher description.
9781408893715
Industrial productivity
Economic development
Poverty
Wealth
338.9 PI GR
The growth delusion : the wealth and well-being of nations Wealth and well-being of nations David Pilling - London : Bloomsbury, c2018. - viii, 338 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The cult of growth
Part one. The problems with growth
Kuznet's monster
The wages of sin
The good, the bad, and the invisible
Too much of a good thing
The internet stole my GDP
What's wrong with the average Joe
Part two. Growth and the developing world
Elephants and rhubarb
Growthmanship
Black power, green power
Part three. Beyond growth
Wealth
A modern Domesday
The lord of happiness
GDP 2.0
The growth conclusion.
"In The growth delusion, author and prize-winning journalist David Pilling explores how economists and their cult of growth have hijacked our policy-making and infiltrated our thinking about what makes societies work. Our policies are geared relentlessly towards increasing our standard measure of growth, Gross Domestic Product. By this yardstick we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way? Why are we living in such fractured times, with global populism on the rise and wealth inequality as stark as ever?" --Publisher description.
9781408893715
Industrial productivity
Economic development
Poverty
Wealth
338.9 PI GR