What Really Counts : : The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy /

What Really Counts : : The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy / / Ronald Colman.

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, voluntary community work, an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Colman, Ronald,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • A NOTE TO READERS Coronavirus—A Turning Point for Humanity?
  • PROLOGUE
  • 1 THE MAGIC NUMBER
  • 2 COUNTING WHAT MATTERS
  • 3 A NOVA SCOTIA START
  • 4 THE NEW MEASURES IN ACTION
  • 5 SCALING UP
  • 6 CHALLENGES BEHIND THE SCENES
  • 7 GENUINE PROGRESS MEETS POLITICS
  • 8 A NEW ZEALAND INTERLUDE
  • 9 INVITATION TO BHUTAN
  • 10 (MIS)MEASURING GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS
  • 11 EDUCATION—THE GOLDEN KEY
  • 12 THE GAP BETWEEN WORDS AND ACTION
  • 13 A “NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM” FOR THE WORLD
  • 14 CAN GENUINE PROGRESS REALLY HAPPEN?
  • 15 FORGING A NEW ECONOMY
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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