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  The Growth Illusion (Paperback) By (author) Richard Douthwaite

  

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  Short Description for The Growth IllusionRevised and reworked, this edition argues that since the 1950s, governments around the world have made economic growth their primary focus in the belief that by baking the biggest national cake, they are creating the resources needed to fulfill their political goals.
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  • Publisher: The Lilliput Press Ltd
  • Published: 31 May 1999
  • Format: Paperback 384 pages
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  • Categories: International Economics | Economic History
  • ISBN 13: 9781901866322 ISBN 10: 1901866327
  • Sales rank: 186,906

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• Revised and reworked, this edition argues that since the 1950s, governments around the world have made economic growth their primary focus in the belief that by baking the biggest national cake, they are creating the resources needed to fulfill their political goals. Richard Douthwaite presents research from the USA, Britain, Germany and Australia that shows that this "growth first, goals later" strategy is not working, and that since the mid-1980s the growth process has actually destroyed more resources than it has created on a sustainable basis. As these economies run backwards, their citizens become worse off.