Escape from Overshoot

Economics for a Planet in Peril

De: Peter A. Victor

Narrado por: Robert Lawrenson

Earth overshoot will end either by design, or by disaster. Which future should we choose?

Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of eight billion humans, combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth in the name of "progress", has stressed the planet beyond its limits. We must act now.

Surveying economic alternatives and charting plausible paths forward for a planned economic contraction, Escape from Overshoot covers a wide terrain, including:

• An overview of Earth overshoot, and prevailing trends and implications for humans and biodiversity.
• A concise review of economic ideas including neoclassical, Keynesian, Marxist, ecological economics, and steady state economics with an eye to the current crisis.
• An analysis of the limitations and possibilities of alternative scenarios such as green growth, doughnut economics, regenerative economics, degrowth, and more.
• Prioritizing intergenerational justice through a contraction and convergence ethical framework.
• The results of modeling of Canada's economy under different scenarios, and the prospects for managed degrowth across industrialized economics as an escape route from overshoot.

Incorporating over 150 informative diagrams and illustrations, this compelling and provocative work is required listening for students and professionals grappling with specific manifestations of overshoot, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and food and freshwater shortages. It's also essential for all people concerned about the deteriorating state of societies and the environment who are seeking an equitable way out.

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©2023 Peter A. Victor (P)2023 New Society Publishers