End of growth and the structural instability of capitalism-From capitalism to a Symbiotic Economy

Futures

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-43

  García Olivares, Antonio ^a   Solé, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capitalism future; End of growth; Post carbon society; Social forecasting; Steady state economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939958669     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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