Collision Course: Endless growth on a finite planet
MIT Press (Footprint), $51.95 hb, 419 pp
Collision Course: Endless growth on a finite planet by Kerryn Higgs
This clear and cogent book is an important wake-up call. It should not need saying that it is impossible for human populations and economies to grow without limit on a finite planet, but that delusion is widespread. This book is a reminder of the inconvenient truth that should be informing our leaders, as well as an excellent analysis of the way public understanding of our global predicament has been systematically subverted for decades by powerful vested interests.
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