Part 1. Questions of Enough 1. Have You Had Enough? 2. Why Should Enough Be the Goal? 3. How Much is Enough? 4. What Sort of Economy Provides Enough? Part 2: Strategies of Enough 5. Enough Throughput: Limiting Resource Use and Waste Production 6. Enough People: Stabilizing Population 7. Enough Inequality: Distributing Income and Wealth 8. Enough Debt: Reforming Monetary and Financial Systems 9. Enough Miscalculation: Changing the Way We Measure Progress 10. Enough Unemployment: Securing Meaningful Jobs 11. Enough Business as Usual: Rethinking Commerce Part 3: Advancing the Economy of Enough 12. Enough Materialism: Changing Consumer Behavior 13. Enough Silence: Engaging Politicians and the Media 14. Enough Unilateralism: Changing National Goals and Improving International Cooperation 15. Enough Waiting: Taking Action to Start the Transition
Rob Dietz is editor of the Daly News and the former executive director of CASSE (the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy).
Dan O'Neill is a lecturer in ecological economics at the University of Leeds, UK and the chief economist for CASSE.
"Humans seem to be intent on confirming the argument of biologist
Ernst Mayr that higher intelligence may be a lethal mutation. But
the grim prognosis is not inevitable. This lucid, informed, and
highly constructive book not only outlines where we are heading,
but also shows that with the will to act, solutions can be found to
construct a steady-state economy geared to human needs." – Noam
Chomsky, Professor emeritus at MIT and author of over 100 books"Rob
Dietz and Dan O’Neill bring clarity and style to their impassioned
and meticulous analysis – showing up the impossible logic of a
continued desire for economic growth. Their vision of a
steady-state economy, and their practical focus on how we achieve
it, is a significant roadmap, offering the way to a better quality
of life and sustainable future for all of us and the planet." –
Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York,
co-author of 'The Spirit Level', and co-founder of The Equality
Trust"In Enough Is Enough, Dietz and O'Neill have accomplished
something special. They offer a hopeful and practical plan for
righting the economic and environmental ship, and they do it in a
very engaging way. I hope my colleagues in parliament are paying
close attention to the ideas in this book—I know I am." – Caroline
Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion and former leader of the Green
Party of England and Wales"What scope is there for moving beyond
today's increasingly desperate pursuit of conventional economic
growth? For politicians to carve out some real space in that
territory, they need to immerse themselves in the "beyond growth"
debate, and there is no better way of doing that than familiarizing
themselves with the ideas and insights in Enough is Enough." –
Jonathon Porritt, Founder and director of the Forum for the Future
and author of 'Capitalism as if the World Matters'"This is the book
we’ve all been waiting for, as we watch the growth economy collide
catastrophically with the constraints of a finite Earth. It’s a
clear, informed, practical, honorable and witty guide to where we
are, where we need to go, and how to get there. If you are one of
so many of us who are bewildered or despairing about the fate of
the future, this is the book that will give you an energized sense
of purpose and reason-based hope." – Kathleen Dean Moore, Professor
of philosophy at Oregon State University, author of 'The Pine
Island Paradox', and co-editor of 'Moral Ground: Ethical Action for
a Planet in Peril'"We need a world where sustainable human
well-being is the primary goal, not the insane delusion of infinite
growth. In Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill tell us how
to get there. It is the most readable description of the
fundamental problems with the "growth at all costs" economic
paradigm and how focusing on "enough" material consumption can make
room for all the other things that contribute to human well-being.
If you've had enough of the crazy economics of growth for the 1%,
at the expense of well-being for the 99% and the planet, then this
is the book for you." – Robert Costanza, Professor of
Sustainability, Portland State University and chief editor of
'Solutions' magazine
"Enough is Enough is a fine addition to a growing literature on how
society might change its ways and actually avoid catastrophic
collapse. Everyone should read it and become more aware of the
scale of the human predicament, the economic insanity that is
largely responsible for it, and the desperate need for dramatic
change." – Paul Ehrlich, Professor of population studies at
Stanford University, President of the Center for Conservation
Biology, and co-author of 'The Dominant Animal'“Dietz and O’Neill
create a remarkable vision—a world with enough prosperity and
happiness for everyone, not just for a few. This book will restore
your hope in the future and give you specific things you can do to
help!” – Thom Hartmann, internationally syndicated talk show host
and author of twenty-four books
“If you think there must be a better way forward than more of the
same, then Enough Is Enough is the book for you. It tackles our
affluenza, our growth fetish, and our wildly unfair social order
head-on and points the way to a better place. I highly recommend
it.” – James Gustave Speth, former Dean, Yale School of Forestry
and Environmental Studies; cofounder, Natural Resources Defense
Council; and author of America the Possible“Walking in the steps of
E. F. Schumacher, Ivan Illich, Thich Nhat Hanh, and of course the
great religions, perhaps best represented by the Taoists and
Buddhists for their ethics of simplicity and not grasping always
for more, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill bring the modern dilemma of
growth and the dogma of ‘more is better’ into the contemporary
reality. Enough Is Enough offers important new thinking on how to
address the planet’s most urgent crises and establish an economy
that achieves true biological sustainability and shared wealth for
all.” – Doug Tompkins, founder, The North Face; cofounder, Esprit;
and President, Conservation Land Trust“Enough Is Enough is the most
accessible and well-argued case for a sustainable economy I’ve ever
read. With stories, examples, and plenty of data, but without the
tedium of academic writing, Dietz and O’Neill dismantle the most
persistent of all economic myths—that economies must grow without
limit to provide full employment and improve the conditions of the
poor. They explain how a different economic model can meet our
needs without irreversible damage to the life-support systems of
our planet. I can’t recommend a book more highly.” – John de Graaf,
coauthor of Affluenza and What’s the Economy for, Anyway?“Two
qualities that allegedly distinguish humans from other species are
high intelligence and the capacity for forward planning. At no time
in history has there been a greater need for these qualities or
less evidence of their existence—the global human enterprise is on
a trajectory toward social and ecological collapse. But
clear-thinking, forward-looking people can take heart. Enough Is
Enough provides both the unassailable rationale and the visionary
plan the world needs to live well, more equitably, and sustainably
within the means of nature.” – William Rees, Professor of Public
Policy and Ecological Economics, University of British Columbia,
and cocreator of the ecological footprint“Enough Is Enough should
be required reading for every economics student as an antidote to
the wacky assumption that a finite planet can support infinite
growth. Dietz and O’Neill show the importance of growing
long-neglected human capacities for creativity and compassion
rather than obsolete economic indicators like GDP. Whether or not
you agree with all their proposals, this highly readable and
provocative book will profoundly expand your thinking about what’s
possible.” – Michael Shuman, author of Local Dollars, Local Sense
and The Small-Mart Revolution“Saying ‘Enough!’ is heresy in our
growth-based economy, in which more, bigger, and faster are the
only permissible goals. The authors not only offer specific policy
proposals for an economy of sufficiency but argue persuasively that
we could all be happier by exiting the growth treadmill. This is a
book that every American should read.” – Richard Heinberg, Senior
Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, and author of ten books, including
The End of Growth“In an age where economic orthodoxy remains all
too fixated on growth, Enough Is Enough offers a thoughtful
contribution to creating an ecologically sound economic system that
meets human rather than financial needs.” – Gar Alperovitz,
Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, and author
of America Beyond Capitalism“In the sixth century BCE, Lao Tzu
wisely wrote that the person who knows that enough is enough will
always have enough. It has taken us twenty-six centuries of
apparent progress to forget that, and it is high time to relearn
it. Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill provide a compelling case for us to
do just that. As well as an accessible guide to the
growth-and-greed economy, they offer a series of simple and
achievable steps to replacing it with something sustainable and
infinitely more satisfying.” – Molly Scott Cato, Professor of
Strategy and Sustainability, Roehampton University, and author of
Environment and Economy“The notion that economic growth is the
enemy and not our salvation still has about it more than a whiff of
heresy. Not after this admirably lucid book, though. Dietz and
O’Neill argue persuasively that adopting a governing axiom of
‘enough’ rather than ‘more’ will help make our politics more
democratic, our economy more egalitarian, and our society more
creative–and then they show how to bring it about. How bad is
that?” – Marq de Villiers, journalist and author of thirteen books,
including Our Way Out“Enough Is Enough is an extremely important
and timely work. Herman Daly and his many colleagues have
masterfully articulated the importance of creating a new economy
that can enhance rather than destroy our natural resources and, at
the same time, improve our quality of life. Now, in Enough Is
Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill have laid out a pragmatic
scenario that describes, in great detail, how we can all become
involved in making that economy a reality in the communities and on
the planet in which we live. This is a must read for all those
interested in their own welfare and that of their children and
grandchildren.” – Frederick Kirschenmann, Professor of Philosophy,
Iowa State University, and author of Cultivating an Ecological
Conscience“Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill are leaders in the new
generation of thinkers and doers on the steady-state economy. In
Enough Is Enough they present a compelling case for why ‘enough’
should replace ‘more’ as the goal of a successful economy, and they
provide information, arguments, and examples to show how our lives
would be much improved by such a fundamental change.” – Peter
Victor, Professor of Environmental Studies, York University, and
author of Managing Without Growth“This wonderful book focuses on
the heart of the matter: our world is being destroyed because, as a
society and an economy, we have become oblivious to limits of every
kind–limits of resources on a fi nite earth, limits of planetary
carrying capacity, and most of all limits to human material
aspirations. This book is a great primer for systematically
unpeeling the dominant insanity of our time and then waking up and
doing something to change it. It should be required reading for
every high school and college class devoted to the economics of
sanity–and every government official as well.” – Jerry Mander,
author of In the Absence of the Sacred and The Capitalism
Papers“Enough Is Enough provides a preview of the new world we must
inevitably enter. Although Dietz and O’Neill pay careful attention
to real-world limits to growth, these two visionaries show us how
we can lead happy lives by embracing an economy of enough.” –
Richard Lamm, former Governor, Colorado“Highly recommended reading:
Enough Is Enough manages to be readable, enjoyable and substantive
all at the same time: a rare feat. Essential reading for those
wanting to understand the travails of our world and how to fix
them. The authors are to be congratulated on a lucid, sensible and
yet profound book.” – Ian Johnson, Secretary General, Club of
Rome"Enough is Enough is addressed to a wide readership to
stimulate the change in mind-set necessary to accept and adopt an
alternative way of life to current consumer and growth driven
lifestyles. Whether we are agronomists, policymakers, academics or
administrators, we all are consumers inhabiting a finite planet.
This slim volume is a thought-provoking introduction to steady
state economy and lifestyle." – New Agriculturist"...the authors
have managed to maintain an optimistic perspective throughout with
a clear structure using personal reflections and comical moments to
make it an enjoyable and engaging read." – Caroline Baird, Sherkin
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