{"product_id":"eating-the-earth-by-justyn-walsh-9780702266133","title":"Eating the Earth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoney talks, but it doesn't always tell the truth...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFossil-fuelled capitalism, although generating riches for billions, is underwritten by a planetary pyramid scheme—one in which withdrawals from the natural world are not supported by underlying capital replenishment, resulting in global impacts such as climate change and biodiversity loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormer investment banker Justyn Walsh argues that the failure to properly value nature is more than just a glitch in the system, but in many ways is the system—one enabling a 'cowboy economy' that relentlessly rolls forward to new frontiers of exploitation, and gives the appearance of wealth being created when in fact much of it is being destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStark in its warnings but hopeful in its prescriptions, \u003cem\u003eEating the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e argues that we need to embrace a new story—one acknowledging that humankind is a part of nature rather than apart from nature, that measures how life is enriched rather than destroyed, and that lives off nature's dividends rather than eating into its capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46337447395564,"sku":"9780702266133","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/305313482438.jpg?v=1743708613","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/eating-the-earth-by-justyn-walsh-9780702266133","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}