True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy - Softcover

Schor, Juliet B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143119427 ISBN 13: 9780143119425

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2011

Synopsis

A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.

In True Wealth, economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and others working outside the conventional market to illuminate the path away from the work-and-spend cycle and toward a new world rich in time, creativity, information, and community.

About this title

About the Author:

Juliet B. Schor is a bestselling author, professor of sociology at Boston College, and cofounder of A New American Dream, an organization devoted to transforming North American lifestyles to make them more ecologically and socially sustainable. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0143119427
• ISBN 13: 9780143119425
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272