Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability
Is GDP a good proxy for social welfare? Building on economic theory, this book confirms that it is not, but also that most alternatives to it share its basic flaw, id est, a focus on specific aspects of people's lives without sufficiently taking account of people's values and goals. A better approach is possible.
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- Full title :Beyond GDP : Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability.
Summary
Is GDP a good proxy for social welfare? Building on economic theory, this book confirms that it is not, but also that most alternatives to it share its basic flaw, id est, a focus on specific aspects of people's lives without sufficiently taking account of people's values and goals. A better approach is possible.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford Scholarship Online
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:129960045X, 9781299600454, 9780199344154, 0199344159, 019933255X, 9780199332557
- oclc:ocn843335164
- LC Classification:HB846
- Dewey Decimal:330.12/6
Table of Contents
A wealth of indicators -- Measuring sustainability -- A price for everything? -- Equivalent income, or how to value what has no price -- Is happiness all that matters? -- Empowering capabilities -- Conclusion: how to converge on a multiplicity.
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