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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: end of progress
    sub title: how modern economics has failed us
  title info:
    title: How modern economics has failed us
  name:
    name part: Maxton, Graeme P.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    place:
      place term: Singapore
    publisher: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pet. Ltd.
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: "We live in an Age of Endarkenment. Our economic, social and political systems have failed us. Modern economics has not done what it promised. It has widened the gap between rich and poor. It has not allocated the world's resources fairly. It has brought the West to the brink of financial ruin. It has valued short-term gain more than long-term progress. It has made us focus on the individual, not society. The social consequences are easy to see. Much of the world is laden with debt. Our planet is being scraped clean of the resources needed by future generations. Science and technology are exploited for profit, not social advancement. The cult of celebrity, rise in global greed and belief that information is knowledge are limiting our imaginations. We are ill-equipped to respond to these challenges. We have been dumbed-down. Our politicians have become self-serving. They play on our fears, monitor us without justification and promote conflicts for their own interests. China's rise will make these problems worse. Without a rethink, we face many unwelcome changes. Poverty will grow. Standards of health will decline. Resource shortages will change our way of life. Tensions between peoples will grow. During the Age of Enlightenment our societies flourished, propelled by the wonder of new discoveries, radical ideas for economic and social development and a sense that we all had a responsibility to improve our world. We need to step back from the Age of Endarkenment. We need to examine our values. We need to work out what humankind really wants. If it is not just about just money and Twitter and Oprah, what is it? In this thought-provoking, lively and entertaining book, Graeme Maxton looks at what brought us to this state and what we can do about it"--Publisher's website
  table of contents: It's about you--you are responsible too -- Our belief in the free market failed us: Too much choice, too little restraint ; A broken financial system ; Squandering our world ; The damaging power of me -- Running blind--we are poorly equipped to deal with these challenges: Can you read Kant? ; Who is in charge? ; China's rising influence will not help -- The implications of these failures will be hard: We will become financially poorer ; Our way of life will change ; We will become less healthy ; We need to diffuse the threats of conflict -- Light in an age of endarkenment: We need to change ; Other options need debate ; You. You have a role now too.
  note: Graeme P. Maxton.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Economics
    topic: History
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Economic policy
    topic: History
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Economic history
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Social history
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Economics
  subject:
    topic: Economics
  classification: HB87 .M295 2011eb
  classification: 330
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    origin info:
      publisher: Singapore : John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pet. Ltd., 2011, ©2011
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    record creation date: 111201
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