The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
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The author of Red Sky at Morning would be the first to agree that we are in deep environmental trouble, but he offers hope that there is still time to avert global catastrophe. Gus Speth explores a wide variety of promising and even radical ideas for transforming modern capitalism so as to protect and restore the natural world. The Washington Post - Ross Gelbspan This book is an extremely probing and thoughtful diagnosis of the root causes of planetary distress. But short of a cataclysmic event—like the Great Depression or some equally profound social breakdown—Speth does not suggest how we might achieve the change in values and structural reform necessary for long-term sustainability.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xviiiIntroduction: Between Two Worlds 1Part 1 System Failure1 Looking into the Abyss 172 Modern Capitalism: Out of Control 463 The Limits of Today's Environmentalism 67Part 2 The Great Transformation4 The Market: Making It Work for the Environment 895 Economic Growth: Moving to a Post-Growth Society 1076 Real Growth: Promoting the Well-Being of People and Nature 1267 Consumption: Living with Enough, Not Always More 1478 The Corporation: Changing the Fundamental Dynamics 1659 Capitalism's Core: Advancing beyond Today's Capitalism 183Part 3 Seedbeds of Transformation10 A New Consciousness 19911 A New Politics 21712 The Bridge at the Edge of the World 233Notes 239Index 281
