How Much is Enough? : Money and the Good Life (Paperback)

from dazzyj

A bracing exploration, in simple and powerful terms, of whether economic growth should be the main measure of a society's success (answer: no); if not, what should societies strive for (answer: universal basic goods for every individual, such as health, security, respect, 'personality' - somethin...

from neurodrew

How Much is Enough? Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky Sunday, November 3, 2013 The authors start with an essay by John Maynard Keynes, written in 1930, that predicted that within a century, per capita income would rise enough that everyone's basic needs would be met, and no one would have to ...

from Clueless

Hey there! I think I've found the cure for jet-lag ... reading economics. This guy sure likes big words ... but why would someone use 'dialectic' instead of the word 'logic'?I'm still waiting for the part where they tell me how to want less...Well at the end they came up with some pie-in-the sky/...