TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nair,Chandran
TI  - Consumptionomics: Asia's role in reshaping capitalism and saving the planet 
SN  - 9780470828571
AV  - HC415.C6 N35 2011
U1  - 339.47095  22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - John Wiley & Sons (Asia)
KW  - Consumption (Economics)
KW  - Asia
KW  - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Foreign economic relations
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-200) and index
N2  - "Consumption has been the fuel that has driven the engine of global capitalism. The recent financial crisis has seen the West's leading economists and policy makers urging Asia to make a conscious effort to consume more and thereby help save the global economy. This is a view shaped by conventional wisdom which conveniently refuses to acknowledge both the unpleasant effects of consumption and the limits to growth. Consumptionomics argues that this blinkered view needs to be replaced by a more rational approach to the challenges of the 21st century. If Asians aspire to consumption levels taken for granted in the West the results will be environmentally catastrophic across the globe. Needless to say it will also have significant geopolitical impacts as nations scramble for diminishing resources ..."--Publisher's description
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UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1214/2012360426-t.html
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