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Ferraris for All
Daniel Ben-Ami
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Description for Ferraris for All
Hardcover. In Ferraris for all, Daniel Ben-Ami argues that society as a whole benefits from greater affluence and action is needed to increase and spread global prosperity. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
The growth of the economy and the spread of prosperity are increasingly seen as problematic rather than positive - a trend Daniel Ben-Ami has termed 'growth scepticism'. Prosperity is accused of encourage greed, damaging the environment, causing unhappiness and widening social inequalities. Ferraris for all: A defence of economic progress is a rejoinder to the growth sceptics. Using examples from a range of countries, including the US, the author argues that society as a whole benefits from greater affluence. Action is needed - but to increase abundance and spread it worldwide, not to limit prosperity, as the ... Read more
The growth of the economy and the spread of prosperity are increasingly seen as problematic rather than positive - a trend Daniel Ben-Ami has termed 'growth scepticism'. Prosperity is accused of encourage greed, damaging the environment, causing unhappiness and widening social inequalities. Ferraris for all: A defence of economic progress is a rejoinder to the growth sceptics. Using examples from a range of countries, including the US, the author argues that society as a whole benefits from greater affluence. Action is needed - but to increase abundance and spread it worldwide, not to limit prosperity, as the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847423467
SKU
V9781847423467
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99-50
About Daniel Ben-Ami
Daniel Ben-Ami has worked as a journalist specialising in economics and finance for 25 years, during which he has contributed to many national newspapers and specialist publications. In addition to having written for specialist magazines he has contributed to the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Prospect, spiked, the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times and was previously editor of Fund ... Read more
Reviews for Ferraris for All
Ben-Ami's thinking and writing is spotlessly clear but unbendingly hard.......he makes a formidable, controversial case. GetAbstract A good-humoured and spirited case for continued economic growth. Financial Times Mighty controversial, yet sublimely convincing. If you seek a fresh take on an argument that has been with us for a while, then it is well worth your own ... Read more