The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations by David Pilling
Requirements: ePUB Reader, 6.6 MB
Overview: A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our obsession with economic growth
We live in a society in which a priesthood of economists, wielding impenetrable mathematical formulas, set the framework for public debate. Ultimately, it is the perceived health of the economy which determines how much we can spend on our schools, highways, and defense; economists decide how much unemployment is acceptable and whether it is right to print money or bail out profligate banks.
The backlash we are currently witnessing suggests that people are turning against the experts and their faulty understanding of our lives. Despite decades of steady economic growth, many citizens feel more pessimistic than ever, and are voting for candidates who voice undisguised contempt for the technocratic elite. For too long, economics has relied on a language which fails to resonate with people’s actual experience, and we are now living with the consequences.
Genre: Business & Money > Biography & History > Economic History
Download Instructions:
https://uploadocean.com/np1ptnx8om4l
http://cloudyfiles.com/8hy19hcm91xn
