The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691156298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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erin_nh said A pragmatic approach to sustainable economics. So often books about economics and sustainability become doom-and-gloom rants about how we've messed everything up and now everyone needs to stop doing everything or we'll all perish. Generally these kinds of books offer little to no solutions for how we might actually remedy things and how those actions will affect not only ourselves, but the rest of the world as well. Diane Coyle manages to calmly examine multiple angles of many previously proposed, somewhat more extr. "Enough is Enough" according to Amazon Customer. I just finished reading this book for a course I'm currently taking in graduate school. I'll start by providing an overview of the book itself before explaining why I gave it one star.The Economics of Enough, by Diane Coyle, is broken up into three main parts. In the first, she discusses various challenges faced primarily by the OECD nations (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, basically the developed economies of the world). The first chapter deals . It all comes down to trust Naische FULENA "Different kinds of transactions in the economy call for different kinds of institutions. If the basis of the transactions changes. so must the governance." It all comes down to trust, especially in an environment where trust has degraded and needs to be rebuilt. The ideas are fascinating, but sometimes repetitive and vague. What really struck and engaged me with this piece was how the author introduces and paints a vivid picture of today's landscape and how both the pa
Coyle's book demonstrates her to be a political economist of the old school, concerned with economics as a truly social science rather than an abstract mass of numbers. Coyle adds a knowledgeable and earnest voice to the discussion about how to face these global challenges. As such, her work merits a much broader audience than it is likely to find in our contemporary political climate."--Matthew Kaul, Englewood Review of Books"Are we bankrupt? Are countries like the US and the UK in as much fiscal trouble as Irela
A vice-chair of the BBC Trust and a visiting professor at the University of Manchester, she holds a PhD in economics from Harvard. . Diane Coyle runs Enlightenment Economics, a consulting firm specializing in technology and globalization, and is the author of a number of books on economics, including The Soulful Science (Princeton), Sex, Drugs and Economics, and The Weightless World
But The Economics of Enough starts a profoundly important conversation about how we can begin--and the first steps we need to take.. How can we achieve the financial growth we need today without sacrificing a decent future for our children, our societies, and our planet? How can we realize what Coyle calls "the Economics of Enough"? Running the economy for tomorrow as well as today will require a wide range of policy changes. Saving and investment will need to be encouraged over current consumption. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life. The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The top priority must be ensuring that we get a true picture of long-term economic prospects, with the development of official statistics on national wealth in its broadest sense, including natural and human resources. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. What these crises have in common, Diane Coyle argues, is a reckless disregard for the future--especially in the way the economy is run. Abo