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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 301
EAN: 9780805087222
ISBN: 0805087222
Label: Holt Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: March 04, 2008
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Release Date: March 04, 2008
Studio: Holt Paperbacks
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Editorial Review:
“Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding.”—Los Angeles Times In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the compelling case for moving beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. Our purchases need not be at odds with the things we truly value, McKibben argues, and the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Changed the way I see the world
I must admit, I wasn't particularly enthused about "Deep Economy" when I picked it up... it was one of several shorter texts required for my senior seminar class as a business major. I'm so glad I stuck with it... because it's had a lasting impression upon me.
I won't give all the details about the book... several reviewers have already done a great job with that.
All I will say is that the issues that McKibben covers in "Deep Economy" are so very relevant, and I find that he has a way ... Read More
Rating:  - Divorcing "More" from "Better"
Many books have come along in the last several years that try to explain why MORE is not making us HAPPIER. Cliff notes: research indicates that health is most important to our happiness, followed by making at least $10-13,000 per year. Close relationships count, too. Marriage is a plus. Kids....not so much.
As McKibben points out in the opening pages, "More" and "Better" began to be linked in the post-war economy. But not anymore.
McKibben writes, "On the list of ... Read More
Rating: - More read this please
Great book with great ideas. I hope others read this and it effects some change. I wasn't expecting a state of the radio review but it fits and can affect communities. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Deep Economy - The Wealth of Communities and the Dura ble Future
Sometimes I read books that I feel everyone should read, but in this case it is a book they should not just read, but understand and then act upon that understading. Bill McKibben discusses how, through the strength of communities, we achieve a durable future, but in exploring that future, how we should act now. I recommend McKibben's work to all who care about how we live tomorrow and how the generations to come survive.
He tells an alarming story about what's ahead ecologically if we contine ... Read More
Rating: - Great Intro, Lacks Depth
While Mr. McKibben brings some thought-provoking ideas to light, his book reads less like an economic template and more like a drawn out Time Magazine editorial. The accessibility of it doesn't make it any less worthwhile, but it lacks the nitty-gritty detail that economics buffs, like myself, look for. In that regard, the title of the book is a misnomer.
Still, "Deep Economy" will leave you thinking even more so about the moral and ecological shortcomings of our current economic policies ... Read More
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