Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His previous books include Inequality and the 1% and The Equality Effect.
“[Dorling] argues that society is not speeding up in the way some
claim in books like James Gleik’s Faster – The Acceleration of Just
About Everything. Indeed, [he] does an excellent and entertaining
job of showing that most of this is bunk.”—Iain Macwhirter,
Herald
“[A]n engrossing read that throws up all manner of questions, as
well as offering an upbeat view of the planet’s future”—Paul
Donovan, Morning Star Online
“While poised at the dawn of the golden age of digital technology,
this might seem counterintuitive, but the statistics, phase graphs
and the maths back up the case for the end of the 'great
acceleration'. Fascinating stuff.”—Nick Smith, Engineering &
Technology
“Dorling draws on data ranging from the number of books per person
published in Holland over the century, to population levels and
birthrates for entire continents…[T]he argument is provocative and
well worth a read.”—Money Week
“Dorling argues convincingly that the global slowdown in population
increase is a symptom of global development.”—Victoria White, Irish
Examiner
“Dorling…argues – with lots of graphs to validate his claims – we
are already experiencing a slowdown in terms of population,
fertility and even Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”—Sylvia Thomson,
Irish Times
“[A] fascinating book”—Vicky Pryce, The Society of Professional
Economists
“Published in the midst of a global pandemic, Dorling’s insightful
and persuasive book is a well-timed forecast that the storm will
eventually subside and humankind will advance towards an era of
peace and stability for all.”—Theo Curtis, LSE Review of Books
“Blinded by a cult of progress, many of us can’t see the slowdown
that Dorling makes clear. A true public intellectual, he shows
that, if we survive, life will be slower—and possibly better.”—Paul
Chatterton, author of Unlocking Sustainable Cities: A Manifesto for
Real Change
“Slowdown is a new standard for visually understanding human
history and social change. Using beautifully illustrated graphs,
Danny Dorling provides a broad perspective on long-term social
changes, the limits of growth, and widening inequalities, and
emphasizes the importance of adapting to this slowdown.”—Tomoki
Nakaya, author of The Atlas of Health Inequalities in Japan
“A spellbinding book that will almost certainly make you reconsider
what you thought was happening in and to the world, and then think
again about where we might be heading.“—Juliette Powell, author of
33 Million People in the Room
“Powerful, thought-provoking, and timely. Professor Dorling
brilliantly exposes how spiraling work intensity, alongside bumper
profits and freedoms for capital, cannot sustain people and planet.
From stronger unions to a greener economy, he compellingly shows
how we can choose a more hopeful and humane future.”—Frances
O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
“Dorling’s optimism is infectious as he brilliantly explores the
huge challenges of a slowing pace of growth while the world
transitions to a new ‘normal’ of stable and then shrinking
populations.”—Vicky Pryce, author of Women vs
Capitalism
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