Reengineering Capitalism [electronic resource] : From Industrial Revolution towards Sustainable Development / by Jan Emblemsvåg.

9783319196893

1st ed. 2016.

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

XV, 315 p. 30 illus., 15 illus. in color : online resource.

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This book provides an innovative approach to sustainable development, one based on insights gleaned from the Industrial Revolution to the present, and which highlights the importance of aligning economic interests with sustainable development considerations. It investigates how a broad-based systematic approach can be used to develop societies sustainably by integrating environmental issues into the capitalist system without value-laden approaches, which produce little more than politics and inaction as we are witnessing today. The proposed approach focuses on realigning the financial markets to providing capital at reasonable cost to fuel innovation towards sustainable development across the entire economy. This requires government policies that level the playing field and also intervene strategically in cases where the playing field is weak or missing . Intended for researchers, policy-makers and graduate students, the book will also benefit non-governmental organizations, economists and the general public.

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