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    Transforming Economic Life: A Millennial Challenge
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    Transforming Economic Life: A Millennial Challenge

    By James Robertson and Herbert Girardet

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    How can we reshape our economic system so that it will meet the needs of people and the Earth in the 21st century? In this Briefing, James Robertson outlines measures for building a healthier and more equal world. He identifies key ways in which people can work together to transform the economics of food and farming, work and livelihoods, local development, travel and transport, energy, technology and international trade.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher UIT Cambridge Ltd.
    Release dateAug 1, 1998
    ISBN9780857843739
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    Transforming Economic Life: A Millennial Challenge
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    James Robertson

    James Robertson is a journalist, critic and poet. He is the author of two collections of short stories, ‘Close’ and ‘The Ragged Man’s Complaint’, and a collection of Scottish ghost stories. His first novel, ‘The Fanatic’, was published in 2001 and his second, ‘Joseph Knight’ in 2003. He lives in Fife.

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