What really counts : the case for a sustainable and equitable economy /
"Politicians and economists fixate on "growing the economy"--Measured by a country's gross domestic product. But this yardstick counts harmful activities such as greenhouse gas emissions, plastic waste, and cigarette sales as gains, and it ignores environmental protection, volunt...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2021]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The magic number
- Counting what matters
- A Nova Scotia start
- The new measures in action
- Scaling up
- Challenges behind the scenes
- Genuine progress meets politics
- A New Zealand interlude
- Invitation to Bhutan
- (Mis)measuring gross national happiness
- Education
- the golden key
- The gap between words and action
- A "new economic paradigm" for the world
- Can genuine progress really happen?
- Forging a new economy.