Why society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth--and the hope of better things to come-is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the population has seen no increase in purchasing power over "The book is a statement of hope, a plea for mankind to stop running in the rat race and start seeing the roses. Amen!"---J. Bhattacharya, Choice