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Title

The real wealth of nations : creating a caring economics / Riane Eisler.

Author

Eisler, Riane Tennenhaus.

Publication

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2007], ©2007.

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Description

vii, 318 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations provided the first, most influential, and lasting explanation of the workings of modern economics. But with his focus on "the market" as the best mechanism for producing and distributing the necessities of life, Smith's concepts only told part of the story, leading to flawed economic models that devalue activities that fall outside of the market's parameters of buying and selling. The real wealth of nations, Riane Eisler demonstrates, is not merely financial, but includes the contributions of people and our natural environment. Here, Eisler goes beyond the market to reexamine economics from a larger perspective-and shows that we must give visibility and value to the socially and economically essential work of caring for people and the planet if we are to meet the enormous challenges we are facing."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

BK currents book

Uniform Title

BK currents book.

Subjects

• Environmental economics
• Welfare economics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.

Contents

Introduction : reasons to care -- Ch. 1. We need a new economics -- Ch. 2. Economics through a wider lens -- Ch. 3. It pays to care - in dollars and cents -- Ch. 4. The economic double standard -- Ch. 5. Connecting the dots -- Ch. 6. The economics of domination -- Ch. 7. The economics of partnership -- Ch. 8. Technology, work, and the postindustrial era -- Ch. 9. Who we are and where we asre -- Ch. 10. The caring revolution.

ISBN

• 1576753883 (hardcover)
• 9781576753880 (hardcover)

LCCN

2006100211

OCLC

• OCM76961207
• SCSB-5927902

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries