"The modern financial system was developed to support the rapid economic growth that took off about 200 years ago with the phenomenal amounts of cheap energy made available through the exploitation of fossil fuels. As a result, its viability is completely dependent upon the continuation of that...

This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading schemes. Lo makes a case for understanding the policy change in terms of discourse and in relation to narratives of national power and development

Services and the Green Economy addresses a significant gap in the knowledge and understanding of sustainable economic development. Bringing together a range of expert contributions the book analyses the role of services and service industries in the transition to a greener economy. Framed by an...

In diesem Buch wird die Notwendigkeit einer programmatischen und terminologischen Weiterentwicklung der Sozialen zu einer Nachhaltigen Marktwirtschaft aufgezeigt. Es legt informativ dar, wie der aktuelle Stand bei der fortschreitenden Implementierung und Etablierung ist und welche Probleme...

Preface to the German Edition -- Preface to the English Edition -- Introduction -- Part I: Money and the Market -- Part II: Market and Production -- Part III: Money and Production in the Dynamics of the Growth Spiral - Growth Imperative and Growth Impetus -- Summary and Outlook -- References

1. Market Solutions for Climate Change -- 2. Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region -- 3. Asia’s Role in the Global Economic Architecture -- 4. Energy Economics in China’s Policy-Making Plan -- 5. The Economics of The Green Industrial Revolution -- 6. The Logic of Qualitative Business...

Märkte, Güter und Dienstleistungen -- Mobilität -- Lärm -- Elektrosmog -- Gesundheit -- Ökologische Kosten der heutigen Wirtschaft -- Märkte und Gewinne -- Mobilitätsmärkte -- Märkte für Verbrennungsmotoren -- Elektromärkte -- Gesundheitsmärkte -- Grüne Wirtschaft -- Virtualität...

This book fosters a wide-ranging and nuanced discussion of the concept of ‘enough’. Acknowledging the prominence of notions of sufficiency in debates about sustainability, it argues for a more complex, culturally and historically informed understanding of how these might be manifested across...

This book is a collection of working papers, policy briefs and training modules, published by the International Poverty Centre in Brazil, which provides a comprehensives set of recommendations for alternative economic policies that can generate growth, employment and poverty reduction in...