Privileged Goods (Ecological Economics)

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 of 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. Privileged Goods: Commoditisation 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 toward 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. Features, Focuses on commoditization and its impact on the environment, Includes an in depth discussion on the differences between goods and services that can be commoditized and those that cannot, Discusses several sectors of economy including agriculture, health care, children's entertainment, and environmental services, Explains policy recommendations that will help channel economic development toward goods and services with low environmental impact Book jacket.

• | Author: Jack P. Manno
• | Publisher: Crc Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 036757909X
• | ISBN-13: 9780367579098