Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude - Case Studies of the New Economy

Many of today's most troubling environmental and economic issues have come to seem insoluble. Can we change direction, move away from business-as-usual, and achieve a more sustainable, empowering and humane economy? Through an array of case studies, this book affirms that we can.

About the author

Juliet Schor is professor of sociology, Boston College, and the author of True Wealth (originally published as Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth). She lives in Newton, MA. Craig Thompson is Gilbert and Helen Churchill Professor of Marketing, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Madison, WI.

Summary

How small, innovative grassroots groups are discovering a new kind of economy and a richer quality of life

Product details

• Authors: Juliet B. Schor, Juliet B. Thompson Schor, Craig J. Schor Thompson
• Assisted by: Juliet B. Schor (Editor), Schor Juliet B. (Editor), Craig J. Thompson (Editor), Thompson Craig J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2014
• EAN: 9780300192322
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19232-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, Behavioural economics, Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Social & Behavioral