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A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our own obsession with economic growth We are in a society in which a priesthood of economists, wielding impenetrable mathematical formulas, place the platform for public debate. Ultimately, it's the recognized health of the current economic climate which decides how much we can devote to our academic institutions, highways, and defense; economists determine how much unemployment is satisfactory and whether it's right to print money or bail out profligate finance institutions. The backlash we are currently witnessing suggests that individuals are turning against professionals and their defective understanding of our lives. Despite ages of steady economic growth, many residents feel more pessimistic than ever, and are voting for prospects who voice undisguised contempt for the technocratic top notch. For too much time, economics has relied on the language which fails to resonate with people's real experience, and we are actually living with the results. In such a powerful, incisive e book, David Pilling reveals the concealed biases of economic orthodoxy and explores the alternatives to GDP, from options of wealth, equality, and sustainability to options of subjective well-being. Authoritative, provocative, and eye-opening, The Expansion Delusion offers witty and sudden insights into how our society can react to the needs of real people rather than pursuing growth at any cost.
