How much is enough? : the love of money, and the case for the good life / Robert and Edward Skidelsky.

By:

Skidelsky, Robert, 1939- [author]

Contributor(s):

Skidelsky, Edward [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Penguin Books, 2013.Description: xxiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780241953891

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.16

Contents:

Keynes's Mistake -- The Faustian Bargain -- The Uses of Wealth -- The Mirage of Happiness -- Limits to Growth: Natural or Moral? -- Elements of the Good Life -- Exits from the Rat Race.

Summary: "In 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong? Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not - or should not be - an end in itself, but a means to 'the good life'. Tracing the concept from Aristotle to the present, they show how far modern life has strayed from that ideal. They reject the idea that there is any single measure of human progress, whether GDP or 'happiness', and instead describe the seven elements which, they argue, make up the good life, and the policies that could realize them."-- Publisher's description.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	330.16 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	23/05/2019	00000010660

Total holds: 0

Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Keynes's Mistake -- The Faustian Bargain -- The Uses of Wealth -- The Mirage of Happiness -- Limits to Growth: Natural or Moral? -- Elements of the Good Life -- Exits from the Rat Race.

"In 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong?
Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not - or should not be - an end in itself, but a means to 'the good life'. Tracing the concept from Aristotle to the present, they show how far modern life has strayed from that ideal. They reject the idea that there is any single measure of human progress, whether GDP or 'happiness', and instead describe the seven elements which, they argue, make up the good life, and the policies that could realize them."-- Publisher's description.