TY - BOOK ID - 79521696 TI - Demand, complexity, and long-run economic evolution AU - Chai, Andreas AU - Baum, Chad M. PY - 2019 SN - 9783030024222 9783030024239 3030024237 3030024229 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Economic conditions. Economic development KW - Evolutionary economics. KW - Economic sociology. KW - Industrial management—Environmental aspects. KW - Economic growth. KW - Management. KW - Industrial management. KW - Microeconomics. KW - Institutional/Evolutionary Economics. KW - Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. KW - Sustainability Management. KW - Economic Growth. KW - Innovation/Technology Management. KW - Price theory KW - Economics KW - Administration KW - Industrial relations KW - Organization KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Economic policy KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Business administration KW - Business enterprises KW - Business management KW - Corporate management KW - Corporations KW - Industrial administration KW - Management, Industrial KW - Rationalization of industry KW - Scientific management KW - Management KW - Business KW - Industrial organization KW - Economic sociology KW - Socio-economics KW - Socioeconomics KW - Sociology of economics KW - Sociology KW - Social aspects KW - Industrial management KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Economic development. KW - Sociological aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79521696 AB - The purpose of this contributed volume is to consider how global consumption patterns will develop in the next few decades, and what the consequences of that development will be for the economy, policymakers, and society at large. In the long run, the extent to which economic growth translates into better living conditions strongly depends on how rising affluence and new technologies shape consumer preferences. The ongoing rise in household income in developing countries raises some important questions: Will consumption patterns always continue to expand in the same manner as we have witnessed in the previous two centuries? If not, how might things evolve differently? And what implications would such changes hold for not only our understanding of consumption behavior but also our pursuit of more sustainable societies? ER -