The prosperity of vice a worried view of economics /

Cohen, Daniel, 1953-

The prosperity of vice a worried view of economics / [electronic resource] : Daniel Cohen ; translated by Susan Emanuel. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012. - xx, 216 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genesis -- Birth of the modern world -- The law of Malthus -- Unbound Prometheus -- Perpetual growth -- The economic consequences of the war -- The great crisis and its lessons -- The golden age and its crisis -- The end of solidarities -- War and peace -- The return of India and China -- The end of history and the West -- The ecological crash -- The financial crash -- The weightless economy.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780262301435 (electronic bk.)




Economics--History.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
Economic development.


Electronic books.

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