Cohen, Daniel   1953- <br/><br/>
The prosperity of vice :  a worried view of economics / 
Daniel Cohen ; translated by Susan Emanuel. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  MIT Press,  c2012. 
 - xx, 216 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> How violence, rather than peace, has historically accompanied prosperity; and why emerging nations seem poised to repeat the tragic history of the industrialized world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262017305 (hardcover : alk. paper) 026201730X (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics--History.<br/>Economics--Sociological aspects.<br/>Economic development.<br/>Ciencias económicas.--Historia<br/>Ciencias económicas--Aspectos sociológicos.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB 75   / C678p 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330