Invention of Infinite Growth - How Economists Forgot About the Natural World

Growth - it is the prime ambition of economists and politicians alike. But what is it costing the Earth?

About the author

Christopher Jones is a historian of energy, economics, and the environment based at Arizona State University. He held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard University Center for Environment and was a Ciriacy-Wantrup Fellow in Natural Resources and Political Economy at the University of California-Berkeley, and is a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of Routes of Power: Energy and Modern America (Harvard University Press, 2014).

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Jones
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.10.2025
• EAN: 9780861540044
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-004-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, macroeconomics, Popular economics, Environmental Economics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, economic growth, International Economics, International institutions, International Environmental Law, International economic & trade law