Ecology Equity And The Economy: The Human Journey

<p>Even as some of the greatest minds have contributed to its development modern economics clearly seems to have missed society's expectations. Human economic activities have continuously grown our ecological footprint and widened the gap between haves and have nots. This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey of the history of trade and commerce and analyses what went wrong at each stage. The author discusses reasons and impacts of natural resource depletion and effects of consumption driven growth on society and nature. Citing examples from India the author proposes an alternative economic system to facilitate the transition towards a sustainable future.</p>