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The prosperity of vice : a worried view of economics / Daniel Cohen ; translated by Susan Emanuel.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.Description: xx, 216 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780262017305 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 026201730X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 23
LOC classification:
  • HB 75  C678p 2012
Contents:
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.
Summary: How violence, rather than peace, has historically accompanied prosperity; and why emerging nations seem poised to repeat the tragic history of the industrialized world.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 75 C678p 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000130429

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.

How violence, rather than peace, has historically accompanied prosperity; and why emerging nations seem poised to repeat the tragic history of the industrialized world.

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