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Privileged Goods - Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society (Paperback)
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Privileged Goods - Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society (Paperback)
Series: Ecological Economics
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What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the
environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them?
These may be two of the most important questions heading into the
21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to
completely change the world. While we have excelled at building,
destroying and rebuilding, we have not succeeded at conserving,
preserving, and sustaining. Priviledged Goods: Commoditization and
Its Impact on Environment and Society suggests that our propensity
toward environmental destruction - a tragic flaw of the modern
economy - can be understood as a result of hidden economic forces.
These forces drive social and economic development towards
increasing mobilization of energy and material beyond what is
actually needed to achieve general prosperity and meet basic human
needs. The author explains the complex concept of commoditization
using examples from key sectors of society. Interdisciplinary in
scope, Privileged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on
Environment and Society will appeal to a wide variety of
environmental professionals. It explains the key concepts,
discusses the history of public policy, analyzes the "appropriate
technology" movement of the 70s and compares it to the sustainable
development movement of today.
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