How do we manage the trade-off between growth and climate change? Is economic growth over in the West? Figuring out how to deal with today s critical economic problems is the great challenge of our time. We have the resources to solve these problems; what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. Original, provocative, and urgent,G ood Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for intelligent interventions toward a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary book, one that will help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
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