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The Evolution of Progress: The End of Economic Growth and the Beginning of Human Transformation
by Paepke, C. Owen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679415823
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415824
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About This Item
New York: Random House Inc, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Random House Inc., 1993. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Blue cloth with grey marbelized paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, with both upper corners and lower front near spine edge gently bumped; slight rubbing of lower board edges. Tight and solid. Interior is Fine. A penetrating analysis of the factors driving the world economy and an examination of today's cutting-edge biotechnology research--and a look into the future. The author contends that economic progress is coming to an end, exhausted by its own success; a new vision of human progress will replace it--transformation of people themselves through advances in neurobiology, genetic engineering, and gerontology. 382 pages with index. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 1993, Random House Inc, New York, New York, USA
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015170
- Title
- The Evolution of Progress: The End of Economic Growth and the Beginning of Human Transformation
- Author
- Paepke, C. Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679415823
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415824
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; PROGRESS; WEALTH; WEALTH OF NATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; NEW WORLD ORDER; ECONOMICS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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