Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy / Edition 1

by Hazel Henderson

Overview

* An international bestseller written by a world renowned futurist, economist, and consultant on sustainable development
* Named as one of Future Survey’s Super 70 books
* A concise reader for students of political science or the interested, globally motivated consumer

Beyond Globalization is a provocative critique of globalization, which is creating a bubble economy at the cost of real, local enterprises and livelihoods. Henderson argues for a more holistic approach as a way of breaking out of the narrow prism of GDP measurements. She generates a panoramic vision of the changes required to reshape global economy toward social justice and sustainability at every level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565491076
Publisher:	Kumarian Press, Inc.
Publication date:	12/28/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Hazel Henderson is the founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC (www.ethicalmarkets.com) and the creator and co-executive Producer of its TV series. She is a world renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of The Axiom and Nautilus award-winning book Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy (2006) and eight other books. She co-edited, with Harlan Cleveland and Inge Kaul, The UN: Policy and Financing Alternatives, Elsevier Scientific, UK 1995 (US edition, 1996).

Table of Contents

1) Globalization: The Current Dilemmas; 2) From Economics to Systems Thinking; 3) Beyond Globalization; List of International Treaties; List of Charts; Selected Bibliography; Periodicals; Directory of Organizations

What People are Saying About This

Walden Bello

Very much on display here is what Hazel Henderson does best: pushing us to think through and imagine an alternative economic order, and convincing us that it is within our reach, if we would only try.

Jeff Gates

Once again, Hazel Henderson's ideas are fresh, well-informed, up-to-date, insightful, provocative-and a persuasive call to action.

Alice Tepper Marlin

Henderson's clarion call for voluntary standards to deliver the crucial social accountability that governments so often shirk.

Editorial Reviews

"Very much on display here is what Hazel Henderson does best: pushing us to think through and imagine an alternative economic order, and convincing us that it is within our reach, if we would only try."

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