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True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Juliet B. Schor

A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. Economist Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet.


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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.

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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.

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  • Title True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
  • Author Juliet B. Schor
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books
  • Date 2011-08-30
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780143119425 / 0143119427
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 5.55 x 0.59 in (21.23 x 14.10 x 1.50 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Wealth, Sustainable development
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.927

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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.
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