Graeme Maxton

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CHANGE!

Bernice Maxton-Lee

Vast swathes of the current economic system have to be dismantled to secure humanity’s future. Until recently that was thought impossible. Covid-19 proves this wrong. It is possible to shut polluting businesses overnight and pay people during a transition. Because Covid-19 has done half the job for us, a sustainable future is finally within our grasp. This book explains how societies can embrace this unique chance to build a future where people live with decency, and in balance with nature.

How Covid-19 Can Solve The Climate Crisis

Resetting Our Future: A Chicken Can’t Lay a Duck Egg

Jorgen Randers

“An important contribution to the global debate about growth, equality, climate change, and the path to a viable human future.” —David Korten, international bestselling author of When Corporations Rule the World The biggest challenges facing human wellbeing today—widening income inequality, continuing global poverty, and environmental degradation—may be simple to solve in theory. But, because we are required to come up with solutions that are acceptable to a political majority in the rich world, they are much harder to solve in practice. Most of the commonly proposed “solutions” are simply not acceptable to most people. Many of these proposed solutions—like stopping the use of fossil fuels—require a sacrifice today in order to obtain an uncertain advantage in the far future. Therefore they are politically infeasible in the modern world, which is marked by relatively short term thinking. In Reinventing Prosperity, Graeme Maxton and Jorgen Randers provide a new approach altogether through thirteen recommendations which are both politically acceptable and which can be implemented in the current period of slow economic growth around the world. Reinventing Prosperity solves the forty-year-old growth/no-growth standoff, by providing a solution to income inequality, continuing global poverty and climate change, a solution that will provide for economic growth but with a declining ecological footprint. Reinventing Prosperity shows us how to live better on our finite planet—and in ways we can agree on. “An essential guide to those who want to change the world for the better—and for certain.” —Ha-Joon Chang, international bestselling author of 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism “[A] well-argued book . . . explaining complex issues in a style that is clear, logical, and succinct.” —Publishers Weekly

Managing Economic Growth to Reduce Unemployment, Inequality, and Climate Change

Reinventing Prosperity

A cold, hard look at how modern economics has failed us and why we need a new measure of progress Modern economics has fallen short. 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 placed short-term gain before long-term progress. And it has made us focus on the individual, not the society. The end result is a worldwide financial crisis of epic proportions and a planet being scraped clean of the resources needed by future generations, and things are only getting worse. In The End of Progress: How Modern Economics Has Failed Us popular economist Graeme Maxton looks at what went wrong, and what we can do to get ourselves back on track. During the Age of Enlightenment society 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. It's time to get back to those ideals, step back and examine our values, and work out what humankind really needs. Presents a chilling look at our current financial system along with a compelling argument for what we need to change Argues for new measures of progress that emphasize what really matters, not personal greed Offers a timely look at our broken society and where we're headed next A thought-provoking, informative book, The End of Progress looks at what got us into our present mess, and shines light onto the road ahead.

How Modern Economics Has Failed Us

The End of Progress

Die gängige Ökonomie verlangt beständiges Wachstum, immer und überall und ohne Ausnahme. Ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste. Dass das auf Dauer nicht gut geht und gehen kann, ist mittlerweile nicht nur intellektuellen Kreisen klar. Rohstoffknappheit, Überbevölkerung und Schuldenkrise sind präsenter denn je. Weniger gängig und präsent sind profunde Analysen der Ursachen und aktuellen Entwicklungen, geschweige denn Lösungen. Hier setzt das scharfsinnige Werk von Graeme Maxton an. Seine These, sein Ausgangspunkt und Appell: Das Wachstum hat seine Grenze, und wir müssen uns von der Illusion des unbegrenzten Wohlstands endgültig verabschieden. Graeme Maxton konfrontiert uns mit der weltpolitischen und weltwirtschaftlichen Realität und schärft in seinem Buch den Blick für das große Ganze jenseits akuter Problemfelder. Seine gründliche und kritische Analyse enthüllt, woher wir kommen, wo wir stehen und was uns erwartet. Wir werden über kurz oder lang ärmer werden und ungesünder leben. Der Westen hat nicht das Recht auf Wohlstand abonniert, erst recht nicht ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste. Nicht nur für Entscheider, sondern für jeden Einzelnen von uns ist es höchste Zeit, praktisch Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Für Maxton ist klar: Wir alle dürfen die Welt nicht länger Politikern und Ökonomen überlassen.

Graeme Maxton

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