Enough is Plenty: Public and Private Values for the 21st Century

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John Hunt Publishing, 2009 - Philosophy - 215 pages
Enough is an ancient 'master concept', which today finds renewed expression in a variety of proposals for a transition to a better world. Each one of us has an innate sense of enough; everybody can play a part in the movement of enough and at the same time improve daily well being. The book is a unique blend of ideas, practice and resources, integrating philosophy, morality, ecology, spirituality, self-help, citizenship, leadership, economics and politics.
 

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Enough and ecology
15
The contemporary capitalist economic system
29
Hollow benefits in affluent countries
42
The biological risks of industrializing agriculture
55
Long supply chains
68
the need to reduce and regulate carbon emissions
74
The practicalities of a fair system
80
Complementary interventions
87
reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
123
Is food security really possible?
137
Keystone attitudes
143
Cultivating the middle ground
149
Power and imagination
157
OUR WORLD OUR SELVES
163
Contemplating dependency
173
Uncertainty and mystery
179

Paying for a Citizens Income
101
Who qualifies as a citizen?
108
Conclusion
114
Coping well in the present
185
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