Being Is Enough: Collective Self-Help for a Sustainable World

by Doug Brown

Overview

Being Is Enough emphasizes that America's "have all you can have" economy, which many now regard as unsustainable, is the result of our "be all you can be" culture. And our cultural imperative suggesting that humans must always be more is not only the social root of humanity's environmental crisis, but also the cause of personal stress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761832683
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	11/01/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.36(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Doug Brown is Professor of Economics at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Professor Brown has been teaching courses in macro and microeconomics and comparative economic systems at NAU for twenty years after having completed his Ph.D. in Economics at Colorado State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Illustrations Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Part One: You Don't Have to be More Chapter 5 Part Two: You're a Victim of the System Chapter 6 Part Three: The System is a Victim of Your Ancestors Chapter 7 Part Four: Save the World to Save Yourself Chapter 8 References Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

[Continuing] the excellent work begun in [his book] Insatiable is Not Sustainable, this time focusing on the stress we cause ourselves and the world around us by accepting a "have all you can have" and "be all you can be" culture…Brown brings fresh insights…and proposes specific reforms needed to democratize our economy.

Ishmael.Com - Daniel Quinn

[Continuing] the excellent work begun in [his book] Insatiable is Not Sustainable, this time focusing on the stress we cause ourselves and the world around us by accepting a "have all you can have" and "be all you can be" culture...Brown brings fresh insights...and proposes specific reforms needed to democratize our economy.--Daniel Quinn "Ishmael.Com "

From the Publisher

[Continuing] the excellent work begun in [his book] Insatiable is Not Sustainable, this time focusing on the stress we cause ourselves and the world around us by accepting a "have all you can have" and "be all you can be" culture…Brown brings fresh insights…and proposes specific reforms needed to democratize our economy.
— Daniel Quinn

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