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Coachella Value Music Festival, 197
Cobb, John, 36
Coca Cola, 150
coherence, 49
Cold War, 93, 112, 147, 209, 213, 239, 252
Collier, Paul, 77–78, 80, 82
Commerzbank, 87
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, 37–38
communism: Berlin Wall and, 182, 226, 239; capitalism and, 96, 182–83, 209–13, 218, 226, 230, 239–40; Cold War and, 93, 112, 147, 209, 213, 239, 252; fall of, 209–13, 226, 239–40, 252; Iron Curtain and, 183, 239, 252; Leipzig marches and, 239; one-child policy and, 95–96; Velvet Revolution and, 239
community: civic engagement and, 140–41; globalization and, 148–49; intangible assets and, 149–52, 157, 161 (see also trust); public service and, 295; Putnam on, 140–41, 152–54
commuting, 45–47
Company of Strangers, The (Seabright), 148–49, 213–14
comprehensive wealth, 81–82, 202–3, 208, 271–73
consumerism, 22, 34, 45, 138
consumption: conspicuous, 11, 22, 45, 236; consumerism and, 22, 34, 45, 138; cutting, 61; downgrading status of, 11; downshifting and, 11, 55; Easterlin Paradox and, 39–44; global per capita, 72; of goods and services, 7, 10, 24, 35–36, 40, 82, 99, 161, 188, 191, 198, 214, 218, 228–29, 282; green lifestyle and, 55, 61, 76, 289, 293; growth and, 280, 295; happiness and, 22, 29, 40, 45; hedonic treadmill and, 40; increasing affluence and, 12; institutions and, 254, 263; Kyoto Protocol and, 63–64; measurement and, 181–82, 198; missing markets and, 229; natural resources and, 8–12, 58, 60, 79–82, 102, 112, 181–82; nature and, 58–61, 71–76, 79, 82; posterity and, 86, 104–5, 112–13; reduction of, 105; Slow Movement and, 27; trends in, 138; trilemma of, 13–14, 230–36, 275; values and, 229, 236
convergence, 5, 122
Copenhagen summit, 62, 64–65, 68, 162, 292
Crackberry, 205
Crafts, Nicholas, 156–57
credit cards, 2, 21, 136, 138, 283
Csikszentmilhalyi, Mihaly, 45–49
Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, The (Bell), 230, 235–36
Czechoslovakia, 239
Daly, Herman, 36
Damon, William, 48
Dasgupta, Partha, 61, 73, 77–78, 80, 82
David, Paul, 156
Dawkins, Richard, 118
debit cards, 2
decentralization, 7, 159, 218, 246, 255, 275, 291
defense budgets, 93
democracy, 2, 8, 16, 312n19; capitalism and, 230–38; culture and, 230–38; fairness and, 141; growth and, 268–69, 285–89, 296–97; institutions and, 242–43, 251–52, 262; nature and, 61, 66, 68; posterity and, 106; trust and, 175; values and, 230–35
Denmark, 125
Dickens, Charles, 131
Diener, Ed, 48, 49
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality among Men (Rousseau), 114
distribution, 29, 306n22; Asian influence and, 123; bifurcation of social norms and, 231–32; consumerism and, 22, 34, 45, 138; Easterlin Paradox and, 39–44; fairness and, 115–16, 123–27, 134, 136; food and, 10, 34; of goods and services, 7, 10, 24, 35–36, 40, 82, 99, 161, 188, 191, 198, 214, 218, 228–29, 282; income, 34, 116, 123–27, 134, 278; inequality and, 123 (see also inequality); institutions and, 253; measurement and, 181, 191–99, 202; paradox of prosperity and, 174; policy recommendations for, 276, 278; posterity and, 87, 94; trust and, 151, 171; unequal countries and, 124–30; values and, 226
Dorling, Danny, 224, 307n58, 308n34
Douglas, Michael, 221
downshifting, 11, 55
downsizing, 175, 246, 255
drugs, 44, 46, 137–38, 168–69, 191, 302n47
Easterlin, Richard, 39
Easterlin Paradox, 39–44
eBay, 198
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project, The (TEEB), 78–79
economies of scale, 253–58
Economy of Enough, 233; building blocks for, 12–17; first ten steps for, 294–98; growth and, 182; happiness and, 24; institutions and, 250–51, 258, 261–63; living standards and, 13, 65, 78–79, 106, 113, 136, 139, 151, 162, 190, 194, 267; Manifesto of, 18, 267–98; measurement and, 182, 186–88, 201–7; nature and, 59, 84; Ostrom on, 250–51; posterity and, 17, 85–113; values and, 217, 233