Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W1510176278> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 63 of
63
with 100 items per page.
- W1510176278 endingPage "6" @default.
- W1510176278 startingPage "6" @default.
- W1510176278 abstract "This thesis investigates the history of the debate about the limits to economicgrowth. It asks how it came about that the emerging concerns of natural scientistsand physical modellers were scorned by economists and, at least after 1980, largelyignored by governments and policy-makers world-wide.The unprecedented character of economic growth in the twentieth century isexamined and its roots, scale and relationship to cheap energy is analysed, as wellas the conflict between the pre-analytic assumptions of the two disciplines mostconcerned with the debate-economics and the natural sciences. The increasinglyself-conscious pursuit of economic growth is explored as is the process by whichgrowth was adopted as the self-evident solution to all social problems, .displacingideas about equity and fairness.It is argued that the newly consolidated corporations that emerged in the US at thetum of the twentieth century progressively banded together to sell not just theirproducts but 'free enterprise' itself, a system tied to ever-continuing growth. Thatinvestigation gives rise to a history of corporate ideological campaigns againstorganised labour, democratic oversight and government 'interference', especiallyregulation and taxation-campaigns readily adapted to resisting environmentalpriorities.The thesis examines how these established techniques-propaganda and thestraightforward buying of influence-were augmented after 1970 by theconstruction of a vast research apparatus dedicated to business interests and values,and designed to exert determinate influence over government policy. Its sources offunding and expertise are explored. It is argued that this institutional expansion hasbeen instrumental in naturalising and strengthening the economic paradigm,'mysteriously' detached from the physical world on which it relies, givingeconomists pre-eminent influence within governments and bureaucracies andturning the pursuit of economic growth into everyday common sense." @default.
- W1510176278 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W1510176278 creator A5055631434 @default.
- W1510176278 date "2012-01-01" @default.
- W1510176278 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W1510176278 title "The Forbidden Question: A History of the Limits to Growth Debate" @default.
- W1510176278 hasPublicationYear "2012" @default.
- W1510176278 type Work @default.
- W1510176278 sameAs 1510176278 @default.
- W1510176278 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W1510176278 crossrefType "dissertation" @default.
- W1510176278 hasAuthorship W1510176278A5055631434 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C138921699 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C158071213 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C162324750 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C199728807 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C2778137410 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C41895202 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C555826173 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C138885662 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C138921699 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C158071213 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C162324750 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C17744445 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C199539241 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C199728807 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C2778137410 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C41895202 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C555826173 @default.
- W1510176278 hasConceptScore W1510176278C94625758 @default.
- W1510176278 hasLocation W15101762781 @default.
- W1510176278 hasOpenAccess W1510176278 @default.
- W1510176278 hasPrimaryLocation W15101762781 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W13412525 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W145047841 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W1981337087 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2020655124 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2092247798 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2176046458 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2253438626 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2257168507 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2294103220 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2301105196 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2330060061 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2598316188 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2603964960 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2892627137 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W2924502062 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W3068874496 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W3126080491 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W3126101678 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W3204838335 @default.
- W1510176278 hasRelatedWork W601163840 @default.
- W1510176278 isParatext "false" @default.
- W1510176278 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W1510176278 magId "1510176278" @default.
- W1510176278 workType "dissertation" @default.