Overcoming societal addictions: What can we learn from individual therapies?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 131, Issue , 2017, Pages 543-550

  Costanza, Robert ^a   Atkins, Paul W B ^b   Bolton, Mitzi ^a   Cork, Steve ^a   Grigg, Nicola J ^c   Kasser, Tim ^d   Kubiszewski, Ida ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84994635785     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.023     Document Type: Note

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