Can We Afford the Future? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can We Afford the Future? write by Doctor Frank Ackerman. This book was released on 2010-08-17. Can We Afford the Future? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. According to many scientists, climate change is a growing threat to life as we know it, requiring a large-scale, immediate response. According to many economists, climate change is a moderately important problem; the best policy is a slow, gradual start, to avoid spending too much. They can't both be right. In this book, Frank Ackerman offers a refreshing look at the economics of climate change, explaining how the arbitrary assumptions of conventional theories get in the way of understanding this urgent problem. The benefits of climate protection are vital but priceless, and hence often devalued in cost-benefit calculations. Preparation for the most predictable outcomes of global warming is less important than protection against the growing risk of catastrophic change; massive investment in new, low carbon technologies and industries should be thought of as life insurance for the planet. Ackerman makes an impassioned plea to construct a better economics, arguing that the solutions are affordable and the alternative is unthinkable. If we can't afford the future, what are we saving our money for? Can we Afford the Future? is part of The New Economics series, which uses the ideas behind a new, more human economics to provide a fresh way of looking at major contemporary issues.
Why Can't You Afford a Home?
Why Can't You Afford a Home? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why Can't You Afford a Home? write by Josh Ryan-Collins. This book was released on 2018-11-26. Why Can't You Afford a Home? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout the Western world, a whole generation is being priced out of the housing market. For millions of people, particularly millennials, the basic goal of acquiring decent, affordable accommodation is a distant dream. Leading economist Josh Ryan-Collins argues that to understand this crisis, we must examine a crucial paradox at the heart of modern capitalism. The interaction of private home ownership and a lightly regulated commercial banking system leads to a feedback cycle. Unlimited credit and money flows into an inherently finite supply of property, which causes rising house prices, declining home ownership, rising inequality and debt, stagnant growth and financial instability. Radical reforms are needed to break the cycle. This engaging and topical book will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why they can’t find an affordable home, and what we can do about it.
Can We Afford to Grow Older?
Can We Afford to Grow Older? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can We Afford to Grow Older? write by Richard Disney. This book was released on 1996. Can We Afford to Grow Older? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On aging, and its affect on Society
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
Why We Can't Afford the Rich - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why We Can't Afford the Rich write by Andrew Sayer. This book was released on 2015-11-11. Why We Can't Afford the Rich available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Even as inequalities widen, the effects of austerity deepen, and the consequences of recession linger, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why We Can't Afford the Rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others through the control of property and money. Leading social scientist Andrew Sayer shows how over the past three decades the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness, and expand their political influence. Aimed at all engaged citizens, this important and accessible book uses simple distinctions to burst the myth of the rich as especially talented wealth creators. But more than this, as the risk of runaway climate change grows, it shows how the rich are threatening the planet by banking on unsustainable growth. Forcefully arguing that the crises of economy and climate can only be resolved by radical change, Sayer makes clear that we must make economies sustainable, fair, and conducive to well being for all.
What If We Stopped Pretending?
What If We Stopped Pretending? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What If We Stopped Pretending? write by Jonathan Franzen. This book was released on 2021-01-21. What If We Stopped Pretending? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.
