Author(s): Bill McKibben

Business

"Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding.""--Los Angeles Times" In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. "Deep Economy "makes the compelling case for moving beyond "growth" as the paramount economic ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. Our purchases need not be at odds with the things we truly value, McKibben argues, and the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.

Review Quotes:
"I'd like to see "Deep" "Economy "read in every Econ 101 class. Bill McKibben asks the central human question: What is the economy "for"? The stakes here are terrifyingly high, but with his genial style and fascinating examples of alternative approaches, McKibben convinces me that economics is anything but dismal-- if only we can learn to do it right!"-- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel and Dimed" "The cult of growth and globalization has seldom been so effectively challenged as by Bill McKibben in "Deep Economy," But this bracing tonic of a book also throws the bright light of McKibben's matchless journalism on the vibrant local economies now springing up like mushrooms in the shadow of globalization. "Deep Economy" fills you with a hope and a sense of fresh possibility."-- Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" "How is our nation going to cope with global warming, peak oil, inequality, and a growing sense of isolation? Bill McKibben provides the simple but brilliant answer the economists have missed-- we need to create 'depth' through local interdependence and sustainable use of resources. I will be requiring this inspiring book for my students, and passionately recommending it to everyone else I know."-- Juliet Schor, professor of sociology, Boston College, and author of "The Overspent American" "Bill McKibben works on the frontiers of new understandings and returns with his startling and lucid revelations of the possible future. A saner human-scale world does exist-- just over the horizon-- and McKibben introduces us to the people and ideas leading us there."-- William Greider, author of "The Soul ofCapitalism": "Opening Paths to a Moral Economy""" "Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding. . . . An incisive critique of the unintended consequences of our... growth-oriented economy." -- "Los Angeles"" Times"
" A hopeful manifesto." -- "Boston"" Globe"
"What makes McKibben's book stand out is the completeness of his arguments and his real-world approach to solutions."-- "USA"" Today"
" McKibben is a fitting prophet... [His] dexterity as a keen observer and stellar wordsmith makes "Deep Economy" well worth reading." -- "The Globe and Mail "(Toronto)
" Wise and... optimistic." -- "The Courier-Journal" of Louisville
" McKibben' s proposals for new, less growth-centered ways of thinking about economics are intriguing, and offer hope that change is possible." -- "Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)
" [McKibben] ably argues [that] growth has increased inequality and decreased human happiness." -- "Kirkus Reviews"