Iris Borowy is Distinguished Professor at Shanghai University, China. Matthias Schmelzer works at the Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie in Leipzig and is a Permanent Fellow at the Research Group on Post-Growth Societies at the University of Jena, Germany.
'Borowy and Schmelzer s book adds a great deal of historical understanding to the subjects of economic growth, social inequality, and social movements in an age where climate change and declining resource quality will make these problems even more difficult to solve.' <em>Kent Klitgaard, Professor of Economics Wells College Aurora, New York, USA</em></p> In this volume a handful of historians put the concept of economic growth under the microscope. Their work, accessible to any reader, bristles with insights concerning the origins of the ambition of economic growth, the implications of that ambition for our times, and the clouded future of economic growth. Taken together it offers a new perspective on a crucial subject. <em>J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University, USA</em></p> 'This book traces the history of the growth paradigm as well as the history of its critique. It is a must-read for anyone interested on alternatives to a one-way future consisting only of growth.' <em>Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor of Ecological Economic, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain</em></p>