Addicted to Growth (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies)

Cover
Half Title
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Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Summary
1 Understanding the Addiction: Where Are We and How Did We Get Here?
	1.1 The Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration
	1.2 The Great Acceleration and the Economic Growth Paradigm
	1.3 Planetary Boundaries and the Looming Climate/Extinction/Financial Crises
2 Acknowledging the Addiction: We Know the Problems – Why Haven’t We Solved Them?
	2.1 Lock in, Social Traps, and Societal Addictions
	2.2 What Is Addiction and the Individual Scale?
	2.3 How Can a Society Be Thought of as ‘Addicted’?
	2.4 Motivational Interviewing
	2.5 Scaling Up From the Individual to the Societal Level
	2.6 History: Collapse Is Common, But Social Transformations Are Possible
	2.7 Societal Therapy and Creating Shared Visions
	2.8 Cultural Evolution and Scenario Planning
	2.9 Other Relevant Approaches
	2.10 Conclusions
3 Wellbeing Economics: A New Vision of How the World Works and How It Could Be Better
	3.1 Beyond the Empty World Model
	3.2 The Psychology of Wellbeing: What Is the Economy For?
	3.3 An Integrative Definition of Quality of Life and Wellbeing
	3.4 The Four Capitals: Measuring and Managing Our Full Portfolio of Assets
	3.5 Ecosystem Services
	3.6 Ecologically Sustainable Scale: How Physically Big Can the Economy (and Population) Get?
	3.7 Fair Distribution: Who Gets What and Why?
	3.8 Efficient Allocation: How Do We Make the Most of What We Have?
	3.9 Measuring Success: Beyond GDP to Sustainable Wellbeing
	3.10 Why Are We Stuck?
	3.11 The SDGs and Sustainable Wellbeing
	3.12 There Are Alternatives
	3.13 Conclusions
4 Active Therapy: Creating Shared Goals for a Sustainable and Desirable Future
	4.1 Cultural Evolution and the Role of Envisioning in Creating the Future We All Want
	4.2 Scenarios: Alternative Visions of the Future
	4.3 The UN Sustainable Development Goals as a First Step
	4.4 What Could a Sustainable and Desirable Wellbeing Economy Look Like?
5 Creating a Sustainable Wellbeing Future: How Do We Get From Here to There?
	5.1 Finding the Path to the Future We All Want
	5.2 A Broader View of Property Rights and Common Assets
	5.3 Tax and Subsidy Reform
	5.4 Participatory Governance Institutions for Sustainability
6 Sustaining a Better World in 2050 and Beyond: Ongoing Envisioning and Adaptive Management
	6.1 The Future We Want Is Already Here
Epilogue
Index