{"product_id":"the-infinite-desire-for-growth-daniel-cohen-9780691172538","title":"The Infinite Desire for Growth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realistic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEconomic growth--and the hope of better things to come--is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the population has seen no increase in purchasing power over the last thirty years and the situation is not much better elsewhere. \u003ci\u003eThe Infinite Desire for Growth \u003c\/i\u003espotlights the obsession with wanting more, and the global tensions that have arisen as a result. Amid finite resources, increasing populations, environmental degradation, and political unrest, the quest for new social and individual goals has never been so critical. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeading economist Daniel Cohen provides a whirlwind tour of the history of economic growth, from the early days of civilization to modern times, underscoring what is so unsettling today. The new digital economy is establishing a \"zero-cost\" production model, inexpensive software is taking over basic tasks, and years of exploiting the natural world have begun to backfire with deadly consequences. Working hard no longer guarantees social inclusion or income. Drawing on economics, anthropology, and psychology, and thinkers ranging from Rousseau to Keynes and Easterlin, Cohen examines how a future less dependent on material gain might be considered and, how, in a culture of competition, individual desires might be better attuned to the greater needs of society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when wanting what we haven't got has become an obsession, \u003ci\u003eThe Infinite Desire for Growth\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways we might reinvent, for the twenty-first century, the old ideal of social progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691172536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691172538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Daniel Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120045846783,"sku":"9780691172538","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ddc9355-97f7-4381-b7df-ef8a2bedeecd.jpg?v=1687412273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-infinite-desire-for-growth-daniel-cohen-9780691172538","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}