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The Poverty of Growth

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'Lucid, calm and compelling – Olivier De Schutter tackles the big questions' Kate Pickett, co-author, The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone How do we combat poverty and rising inequality? In our age of impending climate catastrophe, the conventional wisdom around economic growth is... Read More
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An accessible, jargon-free manifesto for how to achieve prosperity without growth

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'Lucid, calm and compelling – Olivier De Schutter tackles the big questions' Kate Pickett, co-author, The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone

How do we combat poverty and rising inequality? In our age of impending climate catastrophe, the conventional wisdom around economic growth is no longer fit for purpose; a rising tide sinks all boats.

Olivier De Schutter believes that we must fundamentally rethink the fight against poverty. The quest for growth not only clashes with the need to remain within planetary boundaries, but also creates the very social exclusion it is intended to cure: eroding human rights, widening inequality, and modernising poverty without eliminating it.

The Poverty of Growth is a clarion call to forge a new path demanding progress that is no longer focused on wealth and profit.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780745350233

Publisher: Pluto Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pluto Press

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Kate Raworth

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Olivier De Schutter is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Previously, he has been the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. He has written extensively on the protection of economic and social rights in the context of economic globalization. He is the co-author of The Escape from Poverty: Breaking the Vicious Cycles Perpetuating Disadvantage and Social Innovation in the Service of Ecological and Social Transformation: The Rise of the Enabling State'.

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