The Costs of Economic Growth — E. J. Mishan
Author: E. J. Mishan
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Edition: Pelican Book. First published by Staples Press 1967. Published in Pelican Books 1969. Reprinted 1971 and 1973.
ISBN: 0140210903
Condition: Second-hand. Vintage paperback with light shelf wear, rubbing to covers and spine, minor edge wear, age toning, and general handling marks consistent with age. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
The Costs of Economic Growth is E. J. Mishan’s critical examination of the modern obsession with economic expansion. Written against the postwar faith in progress, the book questions whether rising production, trade, advertising, traffic, and consumer growth genuinely improve human life, or whether they create new forms of social and environmental damage.