Until this moment in time there
has been a belief among politicians the world over that economic growth
can continue indefinitely. At the same time there has been a general
acceptance that the growth process is grossly unfair and continues to
widen the gap between rich and poor.
There is also a growing scientific consensus that our present fossil
fuel based methods of producing energy, driven by this growth, have
resulted in forms of pollution that threaten most of humanity with extinction.
As costs of mitigating the effects of climate change increase and the
supplies of fossil fuels deplete, we may wonder if a return to growth
may ever be possible. The economic system that has developed over the
last few centuries has been primarily driven by competition, greed and
gambling and now by global capitalism.
The crises that face the whole of humanity cry out for a different approach
and framework for creating and distributing wealth - one based on values
such as cooperation, sharing, fellowship and compassion. This book advocates
a new science - Philonomics - as the basis for a development framework
that will not only narrow the gap between rich and poor, but enable
human life support systems to be preserved for future generations.
About the author: Michael Thomas has over 30 years of experience in
international environmental and development work. He has also engaged
in research into the causes and symptoms of the current financial and
environmental crisis. He is the Future in Our Hands International Network
Coordinator and is founder of the organisation's Education and Development
Fund. He is also Chairman of Plant a Tree in Africa.
ISBN: 9781848762282
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The book includes the following Addenda:
ADDENDA
TRIODOS BANK - Page 182
The Mercury Provident Society, from which the Triodos Bank developed,
was established by the Anthroposophical Society founded by Rudolf
Steiner.
Whilst believing that the policy described in the book is progressive,
the author does not accept Steiner's esoteric views and some of the
teaching practised in Waldorf and Steiner schools which have formed
as a result of his ideas.
These schools are among the social and educational enterprises supported
by the Triodos Bank and potential customers of this bank should be
aware of this history.
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Michael V. Thomas,
48 Churchward Avenue,
Swindon SN2 1NH, UK
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