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The Essentials of Economic Sustainability.
The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy. Much has been written concerning the negative impacts of economic development on natural ecosystems and civil societies. Unfortunately, few viable alternatives to the prevailing economic pa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling :
Stylus Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Essential Questions of Economic Sustainability; The Great Transformation; Energy: The Ultimate Source of All Economic Value; The Economic Productivity of Society; Differences Between Economic and Social Values; Uniqueness of Ethical Value; Differences Among Types of Value Matter; Emergent Properties of Societies and Economies; Rational and Irrational Economic Decisions; Economic Priority of the Present; Economic Incentives for Sustainability; Social and Ethical Incentives for Sustainability.
- Study and Discussion Guide for Individual Readers and Group Leaders or Instructors2 The Essential Hierarchies of Economic Sustainability; A Question of Worldviews; Hierarchy of Sustainability: Nature, Society, and Economy; Higher Levels Define Purpose, Lower Levels Affect Possibilities; Higher Levels Change More Slowly; Higher Levels Are Stronger; Higher Levels Set Limits; Higher Levels Define Principles; The Uniqueness of Human Intentionality; Hierarchy of Intentionality: Ethical, Social, and Individual; Higher Levels Define Purpose, Lower Levels Affect Possibilities.
- Higher Levels Are Slower and More DurableHigher Levels Set Limits; Alignment of Hierarchies Is Essential for Sustainability; Study and Discussion Guide for Individual Readers and Group Leaders or Instructors; 3 Ecological Principles Essential to Economic Sustainability; Sustainability Is Anthropocentric; Principles of Sustainability Are Laws of Nature; Holism: An Essential Principle of Ecological Sustainability; Ignorance of Holism Has Consequences; Diversity: An Essential Principle of Ecological Sustainability; Ignorance of Diversity Has Consequences.
- Diversity: Best Single Indicator of Ecological HealthInterdependence: An Essential Principle of Ecological Sustainability; Ignorance of Interdependence Has Consequences; Ecological Principles Apply to Social Relationships; Ecological Principles Apply to Economic Relationships; Study and Discussion Guide for Individual Readers and Group Leaders or Instructors; 4 Social Principles Essential to Economic Sustainability; The Significance of Society; The Uniqueness of Human Society; Social Values and Principles; Trust: An Essential Principle of Social Sustainability.
- Betrayal of Trust Has ConsequencesKindness: An Essential Principle of Social Sustainability; Lack of Kindness Has Consequences; True Principles Are Internally Consistent; Courage: An Essential Principle of Social Sustainability; Lack of Courage Has Consequences; Social Principles Apply to Relationships With Nature; Social Principles Apply to Economic Relationships; Industrial Development Devalues Social Relationships; Study and Discussion Guide for Individual Readers and Group Leaders or Instructors; 5 Essential Economic Principles of Sustainability.