What do we want from economic growth? What sort of a society are we aiming for? In everyday economics, there is no such thing as enough, or too much, growth. Yet in the world's most developed countries, growth has already brought unrivalled prosperity: we have 'arrived'. More than that, through debt, inequality, climate change and fractured politics, the fruits of growth may rot before everyone has a chance to enjoy them. It's high time to ask where progress is taking us, and are we nearly there yet? In fact, Trebeck and Williams claim in this ground-breaking book, the challenge is now to make ourselves at home with this wealth, to ensure, in the interests of equality, that everyone is included. They explore the possibility of 'Arrival', urging us to move from enlarging the economy to improving it, and the benefits this would bring for all.

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Information

Publisher

Policy Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9781447337850

Topic

Economics

Subtopic

Sustainable Development

Index

Economics

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Contents
List of figures, table and boxes
List of abbreviations
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
ONE: Introduction
TWO: The fruits of growth
THREE: Are the fruits of growth beginning to rot?
FOUR: Stockholm Syndrome? How the economy fell in love with its captor
FIVE: Rushing past our stop: failure demand, uneconomic growth and consolation goods
SIX: Embracing Arrival and making ourselves at home
SEVEN: What we might find in making ourselves at home
EIGHT: Arrival and making ourselves at home in the real world
NINE: Are we nearly there yet?
TEN: From individual initiatives to wider change: agitation, amplification and attention
ELEVEN: Choosing Arrival - one step at a time
TWELVE: Conclusion
Appendix: Further reading
Notes
References