With all the hype surrounding two audacious new books: Tim Jackson's new book, Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a finite planet, and the New Economics Foundation's The New Economics: A Bigger Picture, one might wonder what university economics departments will be teaching next year. European press are making quite a big deal out of both books, so my feeling is that it's worth waiting a two or three weeks for copies to ship on backorder from Amazon.com, if only to get a sneak peek at how sustainable economics might work in the very near future.
I seem to have misplaced the sneak peak of Prosperity Without Growth that landed in my inbox a few weeks ago, but I CAN promise that The New Economics will answer these burning questions: Why Does Britain Import the Same Number of Chocolate Waffles as it Exports? Why do Fewer People Vote when there is a Wal-Mart Nearby? among others.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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