Simple Prosperity by Wann, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface: - A Generation’s Journey Back to Health Introduction 1 - Taking Stock

Cutting Our Losses and Reinventing the Economy Looking Behind the Screen Last Rites for a Used-Up American Dream It Happened So Quickly The Stories Behind the Stuff: Burgers and T-shirts How I Became a Terrorist Without Even Trying

2 - Evolutionary Income

For the Greatest Good Measuring Happiness More Than Happy Changing Our Mind This Way Out

Personal Assets

3 - Personal Growth

Measuring Real Wealth How This Skunk Got His Stripes Living and Dying Like a Racehorse The Value of a Story

4 - Mindful Money

The Stuff of Life Rethinking Priorities in an Average-Income Household Lifestyles of the Unashamedly Poor and Not-So-Famous Unconsuming—A New Olympic Sport? How High-Income Households Can Help Save the World Investing in a Sustainable Future

5 - The Bonds of Social Capital

The Healing Power of Social Connection “Good Chemistry” Making Connections Wherever You Are Spending Social Capital in the Neighborhood

6 - Time Affluence

Where Time Goes The Time Costs of Excessive Spending Taking Back Our Work Time Time for Quality Time to Let Go

7 - The Stocks of Wellness

Preventive Pathways to Health Steps in the Right Direction More Un-American Activities Drowning in a Sea of Junk Food Avoiding a Prescription for Disaster Playing Doubles at Age 96

8 - The Currency of Nature

Last Child in the Woods Lost Child in the Woods, Found Waking Up in the Rain Forest The Zen of Gardening The Nature of Heaven: Adventures in the Great Beyond

9 - Precious Work and Play

“The Peak Justifies the Climb” Getting Unstuck: The Playground Is Us The Puzzle and Paradox of Work Good Work Making Work More Playful, and Play More Purposeful

Public and Cultural Assets

10 - The Real Wealth of Neighborhoods

Where Do You Live? Boulder’s Holiday Neighborhood: Not Only Sustainable, but Also Affordable Neighborhoods on Purpose Communities for the Future, Now

11 - Higher Returns on Investment

Hitting the Nail on the Head Who Needs Wants? Getting Full Value Wanted: Better Ways to Satisfy Needs Do You Get What You Need? Sex, Sleep, Food, and Water Efficiency and Sufficiency

12 - Energy Savings

Peak Civilization The Carbon Conundrum The Currents and Currency of Energy

13 - The Benefits of Right-Sizing

A House for Good Reasons Cutting Your Fuel Bill in Half (and Not with Scissors) Priorities for Home Energy Savings

14 - Trimming the Fat

Kicking the Habit Trashing the Throwaway Economy It’s What’s for Dinner Monster Thickburger vs. the Mediterranean Diet

15 - Infinite Information

What Are Brains For? Moldy Couch Potatoes or Spuds with Gusto? That Same Old Story Toxic Information Cleanup Telling a New Story: Information We Can Use

16 - Historical Dividends

“Burn Baby, Burn” Steady-State Capitalism: Something for Everyone The Great Work Ahead Don’t Mess with the Mothers and the Others

17 - Cultural Prosperity

Culture-Shifts and What They Teach Us Alternative Definitions of Success Creating a New Culture Beyond the China Syndrome We Are Trained for This!

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