Economics of specific sectors

The bestselling author of The End of Nature issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our livesIn this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy.

An inspiring outline of a new economics system, where justice, human dignity, compassion and reverence for life are the guiding values.

Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy.

Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment.

A sympathetic biography of the pioneering environmentalist and author of Small is Beautiful, written by his daughter, and with a foreword by Robert McCrum.

An inspiring outline of a new economics system, where justice, human dignity, compassion and reverence for life are the guiding values.

This book takes a careful look at the concept of sustainable development.

Early in the twentieth century, for-profit companies such as Duke Power and South Carolina Electric and Gas brought electricity to populous cities and towns across South Carolina, while rural areas remained in the dark.

For four decades Robert Evans has been Canada's foremost health policy analyst and commentator, playing a leadership role in the development of both health economics and population health at home and internationally.

The majority of the world's largest carbon emitters are either federations or have adopted systems of decentralised governance.

A sympathetic biography of the pioneering environmentalist and author of Small is Beautiful, written by his daughter, and with a foreword by Robert McCrum.

Early in the twentieth century, for-profit companies such as Duke Power and South Carolina Electric and Gas brought electricity to populous cities and towns across South Carolina, while rural areas remained in the dark.

Coal fuels about 50 percent of US electricity production and provides a quarter of the country's total energy.

An inspiring outline of a new economics system, where justice, human dignity, compassion and reverence for life are the guiding values.

The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years.

Each of the four essays reprinted here was written for a specific occasion and together comprise only the smallest selection from a larger corpus questioning commodity and energy-intensive economies.

Have you ever questioned our economic model?

Move from feeling anxious about the oil crisis to developing a positive visions and taking traction action to create a more self-reliant existence with this ground-breaking book.

Loss of jobs, loss of young people, the ageing demographic, the apparently irresistible magnet of Auckland .

“An important contribution to the global debate about growth, equality, climate change, and the path to a viable human future.

This book provides a detailed examination of the environment chapter of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and other relevant provisions of the Guidelines and gives concrete ideas and guidance to enterprises wishing to implement the Guidelines.

The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years.

Parallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course.

Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment.

Have you ever questioned our economic model?

Every adult paid a living wage.

A sympathetic biography of the pioneering environmentalist and author of Small is Beautiful, written by his daughter, and with a foreword by Robert McCrum.

Move from feeling anxious about the oil crisis to developing a positive visions and taking traction action to create a more self-reliant existence with this ground-breaking book.

In this edition of Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC has addressed the questions posed by the countries of the region in three major areas: income inequality between individuals and households and how these relate to labour market dynamics; the evolution of poverty and its determinants; and the effects of pension systems on equality.