Publisher's Synopsis
The best handbook on the environmental and economic crisis for Everyman.
We face the biggest environmental and economic disaster in our history. The global economic system is unsustainable, unjust, leading to war and violence. Based on continuous growth, unfettered globalisation and debt, it systematically transfers wealth from those who create it to the rich and powerful. Banks, allowed to create 97% of money for profit, fail to serve society. It's madness to believe that continuous growth can be sustained by a finite planet. Governments are "system blind", trying to fix a broken system. Whole system change is needed.
There is an alternative - a Great Transition to prosperity without growth. This will prevent environmental catastrophe, revitalise economies and provide sustainable work. We need the vision of a better world, sustainable, just, peaceful, bringing wellbeing to all. There's broad consensus on whats to be done. The question is: Will we act in time? Politicians are failing us. We need to demand they do whats needed.
This book is a radical handbook for people everywhere who want to transform society for the better.
