ISBN:
9780415682473
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (191 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pornography, Psychedelics and Technology (Routledge Revivals) : Essays on the Limits to Freedom
DDC:
303.4
Keywords:
Economic policy
;
Social problems
;
Technology and civilization
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1980, Pornography, Psychedelics and Technology: Essays on the Limits to Freedom focuses on the crucial connections between technological growth and the more salient features of social malaise in the latter part of the twentieth century. Professor Mishan is one of the few economists absorbed by the larger social questions, and does not believe that the growth in state intervention and the decline of social liberty are simply the result of intellectual confusion and bureaucratic momentum. He sees them as unavoidable consequences of scientific and technical progress. While agre
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Pornography, Psychedelics and Technology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Spillover Enemy; 2 Making the World Safe for Pornography; 3 The New Inflation; 4 On the Road to Repression and Control; 5 Why LSD Should Be Legalised; 6 Economic Growth: An Alarmist View; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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