THE APPROACHING GREAT TRANSFORMATION: TOWARD A LIVABLE POST CARBON ECONOMY
Book ID/图书代码： 12070012B56129
English Summary/英文概要： The Approaching Great Transformation is about the coming shift in how we act and think in the world economically as the era of cheap oil comes to an end. The purpose of this book is to provide inspiration for those seeking the ongoing global effort to move away from our dependency on fossil fuels and ceaseless growth, and towards a more sustainable, stable, and just system. With vision and deliberate action communities around the world can break out of habitual ways of producing and consuming things and move optimistically toward something better. The Approaching Great Transformation provides a philosophical basis and guidelines for citizens who are working to develop new and very different economic institutions that are centered on self-reliance, ecological permanence, stability, and a celebration of human creativity. In time, these institutional developments will lead to the positive evolution of economic systems and human culture. This book documents examples and stories of this work that is already being done.
The Approaching Great Transformation extends the ideas put forth in Magnuson’s previous book, Mindful Economics.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《即将到来的伟大变革》是关于，在廉价石油时代即将终结之际，我们如何行动和思考，才能节约地生活。本书旨在为那些寻求持续努力的人们提供灵感，以摆脱我们对化石燃料不断增长的依赖，并建立一个更持续、稳定和公正的系统。凭借远见和主动的行动，全球的社区都能摆脱生产和消费物品的固有习惯，并形成更为积极、有益的新习惯。部分市民致力于建设新型的、全然不同的经济制度，这些制度以自力更生、生态持久、稳定性和人类创造力为中心。《即将到来的伟大变革》一书为这些市民提供了哲学基础和指导方针。不久的将来，这些制度建设将带来经济体制和人类文化的积极发展。本书记录了制度建设已有成果中的例子和故事。 《即将到来的伟大变革》延伸了马格努森上本书《警觉经济学》中的理念。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况："The Approaching Great Transformation is a breath of fresh air in a world of hackneyed nonsolutions to our social and economic problems. Professor Magnuson pulls no punches regarding the coming collapse of the corporate-commercial-consumer society, or the inability of technological fixes and ’green capitalism’ to bail us out of the historical crunch that is virtually upon us. Rather, as we start to run out of energy (read: oil) and are forced to abandon obsolete notions of ’growth’ and ’progress’, we shall have to confront the question we have collectively been avoiding for roughly 500 years: If money is not the purpose of life, what is? Whether the alternative models discussed in this book prove to be viable or not, the author makes it clear that what we are living with now is no choice at all. His message is simple: change or die."—Morris Berman, author of Why America Failed“A challenging and engaging exploration of what it will take to make the transition to an ecologically sustainable future. Magnuson exposes the false promises of green-wash capitalism—and in the tradition of E.F. Schumacher puts the hopeful shoots of real alternatives squarely on the map for ongoing development.”—Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and author of America Beyond Capitalism
About the Author/作者介绍： 乔尔•马格努森是全球知名的经济学家，专门研究政治经济学的非正统方法。他现为俄勒冈州波特兰市的经济学教授；安格利亚鲁斯金大学阿希克罗夫特国际商学院的访问学者；及英格兰《互联》期刊编委会的国际顾问。他还是一个国际研究小组的活跃成员，该小组的基地在欧洲，研究用于经济理论和实践的新哲学基础。JOEL MAGNUSON is an internationally recognized economist specializing in non-orthodox approaches to political economy. He is currently a professor of economics in Portland, Oregon; a visiting fellow at the Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England; and is an international advisor to the editorial board of Anglia’s journal Interconnections. He is an active member of an international research group based in Europe that is working toward new philosophical foundations for economic theory and practice.
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