True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

by Juliet B. Schor

Overview

A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.

In True Wealth, economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and others working outside the conventional market to illuminate the path away from the work-and-spend cycle and toward a new world rich in time, creativity, information, and community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143119425
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Juliet B. Schor is a bestselling author, professor of sociology at Boston College, and cofounder of A New American Dream, an organization devoted to transforming North American lifestyles to make them more ecologically and socially sustainable. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 From Consumer Boom to Ecological Bust 25

Chapter 3 Economics Confronts the Earth 67

Chapter 4 Living Rich on a Troubled Planet 99

Chapter 5 The Economics of Plenitude 145

Acknowledgments 185

Notes 191

References 221

Index 249