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More from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next

McAfee, Andrew (author.).

Summary: "A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"--

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  • ISBN: 9781982103576
  • ISBN: 1982103574
  • Physical Description: 337 pages; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: README -- All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth : the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- Crib notes -- What causes dematerialization : markets and marvels -- Adam Smith said that : a few words about capitalism -- What else is needed : people and policies -- The global gallop of the four horsemen -- Getting so much better -- Powers of concentration -- Stressed be the tie that binds : disconnection -- Looking ahead : the world cleanses itself this way -- Inventions : "how to be good" -- Conclusion: Our next planet.
Subject: Technology Economic aspects
Natural resources Environmental aspects
Environmentalism
Consumption (Economics) Environmental aspects
Conservation of natural resources
Capitalism

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Statesville Main Library 339.47 MCA (Text) 33114018058701 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 05/22/2024

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