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2. The Survivability of Humanity Within the Current Global Economic Paradigm

Author : Stephen Hill

Published in: The Kyoto Manifesto for Global Economics

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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World society in the 21st Century is moving precariously close to its ‘tipping point’. Every indicator of progressive change—from human population and community to environmental impact is showing this. At heart is the dynamic of current global economic assumptions and practice. Chapter 2 exposes the urgency for change in the current global economic paradigm and proposes ways to make change happen—based on rediscovering and asserting the essential power of our humanity as the platform for future global economics.

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Title: The Survivability of Humanity Within the Current Global Economic Paradigm
Author: Stephen Hill
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: The Kyoto Manifesto for Global Economics
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-6477-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-6478-4

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6478-4_2

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