false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172621234m/199358.jpg 199358 5 In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. For the first time in human history, he observes, more is no longer synonymous with better -- indeed, for many of us, they have become almost opposites. McKibben puts forward a new way to think about the things we buy, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the money that pays for it all. Our purchases, he says, need not be at odds with the things we truly value. McKibbens animating idea is that we need to move beyond growth as the paramount economic ideal and pursue prosperity in a more local direction, with cities, suburbs, and regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. He shows this concept blossoming around the world with striking results, from the burgeoning economies of India and China to the more mature societies of Europe and New England. For those who worry about environmental threats, he offers a route out of the worst of those problems; for those who wonder if there isnt something more to life than buying, he provides the insight to think about ones life as an individual and as a member of a larger community. McKibben offers a realistic, if challenging, scenario for a hopeful future. As he so eloquently shows, the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own. 192857 2007 Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future total:880|5:332|4:366|3:150|2:28|1:4| 880 3634 1710 251 5 3 false false Mon Apr 14 10:37:38 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 09:38:45 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 06:32:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 09:24:13 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 06:53:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 01:13:22 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 01:13:26 -0700 2007
Surely it would be pushing for radical socialism for the sake of radical environmentalism. Instead Bill McKibben wrote a book I'm still grappling with.

His first line ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 09:12:58 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 09:17:45 -0700 2007 Bowling Alone_, Michael Pollan's excellent _Omnivore's Dilemma_, and all anti-Wal-Mart s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 14 07:38:22 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:46:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 14:40:38 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 07:19:17 -0700 2009 1 Deep Economy will force you to reevaluate your purchasing patterns and (hopefully) your consumer behavior. He illustrates that the current economic model most nations are using may end up with many more losers than winners. While the world is growing at an enormous rate, we are consuming at an enorm...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:40:29 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:40:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 07 14:50:19 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 14:52:56 -0800 2009 STOP SMILING interview with Deep Economy author Bill McKibben:

(This interview originally appeared in the STOP SMILING Gambling Issue)

In 12 books and countless magazine articles written over the last quarter century, Bill McKibben has tracked and suggested a way to al...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 16:57:58 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 00:05:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 12:46:42 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 17:32:42 -0700 2008 Deep Economy as a sort of economic primer, hoping to become a bit more fluent in the language of acquisitions and nets and grosses. I also hoped that Bill McKibben would help me find a better response to those who still haven't converted to the cult of buying local. And in the first chap...more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Feb 05 09:44:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:44:37 -0800 2009 In offering straightforward solutions to the looming environmental crisis, Bill McKibben has marched directly into the middle of a heated debate. Critics' personal beliefs and politics shaped their reviews, which described Deep Economy as, alternately, a "masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful ...

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He documents the trend of our culture moving towards a community oriented life and demonstrates that ou...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 12:19:09 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 19:14:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 10:37:55 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:26:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 07:32:16 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 08:07:32 -0700 2009
Our current growth-based global economy is unsustainable. But local, community-based economies have the potential to make people prosperous and happy without imperiling the biosphere or cultural/bio diversity. They're also ada...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 10:34:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 22:50:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 20:50:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 21:28:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 05:13:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 17:09:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:00:33 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:05:31 -0700 2009
Problem is: what does that do to global trade and employment in developing countries? He r...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Jul 19 07:53:02 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 07:54:52 -0700 2008
A thin work of popular journalism with no substantive economic analysis at all.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=199358