The great disruption : why the climate crisis will bring on the end of shopping and the birth of a new world /: why the climate crisis will bring on the end of shopping and the birth of a new world. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Gilding.
• Other Names: Gilding, Paul, 1959-
• Contents: An economic and social hurricane -- The scream : we are their children's children -- A very big problem -- Beyond the limits : the great disruption -- Addicted to growth -- Global foreshock : the year that growth stopped -- The road ahead : our planetary sat nav -- Are we finished? -- When the dam of denial breaks -- The one-degree war -- How an Austrian economist could save the world -- Creative destruction on steroids : out with the old, in with the new -- Shifting sands : from Middle Eastern oil to Chinese sun -- The elephant in the room : growth doesn't work -- The happiness economy -- Yes, there is life after shopping -- No, the poor will not always be with us -- Ineffective inequality -- The future is here, it's just not widely distributed yet -- Guess who's in charge?
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (292 pages)
• Subjects: 304.2; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Social ecology; Economic development -- Environmental aspects; Economic development -- Social aspects; Social change; Economic development -- Environmental aspects; Economic development -- Social aspects; Social change; Social ecology; NATURE -- General; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608193677; 1608193675
• Related ISBNs: 9781608192236; 1608192237; 9781608193530; 1608193535
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.