[D66] The Costs of Economic Growth (1967)

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*Ezra J. Mishan* (aka "*Edward*"; 15 November 1917 – 22 September 
2014^[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Mishan#cite_note-1> ) was 
an English economist best known for his work criticising economic growth 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_growth>. Between 1956 and 1977 
he worked at the London School of Economics 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Economics> where he 
became Professor of Economics. In 1965, while at the LSE, he wrote his 
seminal work /The Costs of Economic Growth/,^[2] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Mishan#cite_note-2> but was unable 
to find a publisher until 1967.^[3] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Mishan#cite_note-3> In this work he 
expanded on his original 1960 thesis^[4] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Mishan#cite_note-4> which stated 
that the /“precondition of sustained growth is sustained discontent”/, 
warning developing nations that /“the thorny path to industrialisation 
leads, after all, only to the waste land of Subtopia”/.^[5] 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Mishan#cite_note-5> /The Costs of 
Economic Growth/ presaged many of the concerns of the Green movement 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Politics> that followed.


    See also

Degrowth <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth>

On 11-08-2020 21:47, R.O. wrote:
> https://www.thesocialcontract.com/pdf/seventeen-one/tsc_17_1_mishan.pdf
>
> The Costs of Economic Growth
> By ez r a J. Mi S h a n
>
> Editor’s Note: Professor Mishan’s book, The Costs of Economic Growth, 
> was first published in 1967, and created a sensation. He challenged 
> the fundamental assumptions upon which the secular religion of 
> economic growth is based. Global perils, including environmental 
> damage on a vast scale, have confirmed the originality and soundness 
> of his critique. Here we include a brief excerpt from his book.
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