Growth Growth Growth – Julian Cobbing

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Growth Growth Growth: Human History and the Planetary Catastrophe by Julian Cobbing offers a bold, provocative retelling of human history through the lens of economic growth and its unintended consequences. Tracing the story from the dawn of agriculture to our modern, crisis-ridden world, Cobbing reveals how each major human innovation — from the alphabet to the computer — has led to new challenges, with growth-driven crises shaping wars, empires, and environmental destruction.

Cobbing argues that our current global predicament — environmental collapse, species extinction, dwindling resources, climate change, and nuclear peril — stems from this relentless pursuit of growth. This time, however, there may be no easy technical fix.

Written in a lively, accessible style by a former Rhodes University professor of history, Growth Growth Growth is an essential read for anyone interested in environmental history, economic systems, and the future of humanity on a fragile planet.