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Wenz, Peter S.

Functional inefficiency the unexpected benefits of wasting time and money / Peter S. Wenz - Amherst, NY Prometheus Books 2015 - 1 online resource (308 pages)

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: How Inefficiency Can Be Beneficial; 2. Idling Workers I: Convicts and Women; 3. Manufacturing for International Markets; 4. Environmental Limits: Food and Water; 5. Environmental Limits: Food and Warming; 6. Functional Inefficiency in Transportation; 7. Functional Inefficiency in Healthcare; 8. Consumerism and Individual Discontent; 9. Consumerism, Competition, and Social Disaffection; 10. Idling Workers II: More Vacations and Paid Leaves, Fewer Hours, and Earlier Retirement 11. Physical Infrastructure and Public Goods12. Human Infrastructure; 13. The Service Sector and Indefinite Economic Growth; 14. Summary and Conclusion; Notes; Index

ISBN: 1633880419 9781633880412

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Unemployment--United States.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.
Economic development--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Economic policy--21st century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD5724

Dewey Class. No.: 331.110973