Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Book Author: McAfee, Andrew, author. Title: More from less : the surprising story of how we learned to prosper using fewer resources--and what happens next / Andrew McAfee. Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Scribner, 2019. Description: xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: "A surprising analysis of the decline in consumption of natural resources despite the explosion of goods, prosperity, and population"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects. Natural resources -- Environmental aspects. Conservation of natural resources. Environmentalism. Technology -- Economic aspects. Capitalism. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth : the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- CRIB notes -- What causes dematerialization? Markets and marvels -- Adam Smith said that : a few words about capitalism -- What else is needed? People and policies -- The global gallop of the four horsemen -- Getting so much better -- Powers of concentration -- Stressed be the tie that binds : disconnection -- Looking ahead : the world cleanses itself this way -- Inventions : how to be good. LCCN: 2019017667 ISBN: 9781982103576 9781982103583 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 816314 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 339.47 McAfee Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
