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Book recommendation 1: Deep Economy
Bill McKibben: Deep Economy: Economics as if the World Mattered.
(I believe it may have a different subtitle in the US.)
Am too tired to do a proper or even a mini-review, but I this book delighted and enthused and inspired me. I finished it earlier this evening, despite being barely able to hold it at the time. (It's not that heavy but it is a hardback, and my disabilities are playing up!) Am now passing it on to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
eithin to read.
As with a lot of things I've been reading and encountering over the last six months especially, the emphasis in this book is on the power of communities, of local, friendly action to start gradually usurping an economic doctrine which advocates efficiency at all costs to people and planet. And above all questioning what economics is *for* and working out ways of making it actually do that.
His arguments are frankly best put by himself rather than summarised, so I do suggest taking the time to read it yourself, if you are able to. As it happens the prose style is a joy: clear, easy, frequently entertaining, often moving or funny, but never losing intellectual rigour or the strong arguments. There are one or two points where I could see flaws in what he was saying, but these were on minor matters. I chose this book deliberately as my first full text exploring the new economics, and I'm glad I did so. It was a fine book to start with, and has given me a lot of motivation to go forth and read and learn more. :-)
(I believe it may have a different subtitle in the US.)
Am too tired to do a proper or even a mini-review, but I this book delighted and enthused and inspired me. I finished it earlier this evening, despite being barely able to hold it at the time. (It's not that heavy but it is a hardback, and my disabilities are playing up!) Am now passing it on to
eithin to read.As with a lot of things I've been reading and encountering over the last six months especially, the emphasis in this book is on the power of communities, of local, friendly action to start gradually usurping an economic doctrine which advocates efficiency at all costs to people and planet. And above all questioning what economics is *for* and working out ways of making it actually do that.
His arguments are frankly best put by himself rather than summarised, so I do suggest taking the time to read it yourself, if you are able to. As it happens the prose style is a joy: clear, easy, frequently entertaining, often moving or funny, but never losing intellectual rigour or the strong arguments. There are one or two points where I could see flaws in what he was saying, but these were on minor matters. I chose this book deliberately as my first full text exploring the new economics, and I'm glad I did so. It was a fine book to start with, and has given me a lot of motivation to go forth and read and learn more. :-)