CONTENTS
1 Cover
7 1 The Myth of Growth Myth matters A little macroeconomics Backstory ‘Everything is not fine’ The stationary state The journey of this book ‘Too much and for too long’ Notes
8 2 Who Killed Capitalism? Is growth an illusion? Crime scene investigation Fargonomics Serious money Too big to fail Moses and the prophets A little more macroeconomics Dead on arrival? Notes
9 3 The Limited and the Limitless The road to Dublin Prophets of despair? Through the looking-glass Latham’s bazaar The faire chain of love The Southern Ocean Shooting the bridge The affluence of limits Notes
10 4 The Nature of Prosperity The ‘calculus’ of happiness Who’s happy now? The limits of rationalism The good life Stay healthy Prosperity as health Trailing clouds of glory What remains behind Notes
11 5 Of Love and Entropy Counting calories Out of balance Take back control Order out of chaos ‘A microscopic mist’ Staying in the game Can’t Buy Me Love Leaving the game Notes
12 6 Economics as Storytelling The power of metaphor The glittering prize The limits of competition Gaia is a tough bitch Virtuous metaphor Bear necessities The inner game Virtuous flow Makers of poems Notes
13 7 The Return to Work Life on the frontline Labour’s love lost Love and Saint Augustine The rewards of flow Bullshit jobs The robots are coming The work of art The life of the mind Notes
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