Real Life EconomicsPaul Ekins, Manfred Max-Neef The past fifty years have witnessed the triumph of an industrial development that has engendered great social and environmental costs. Conventional economics has too often either ignored these costs or failed to analyse them appropriately. This book constructs a framework within which the wider impacts of economic activity can be both understood and ameliorated. The framework places its emphasis on an in-depth understanding of real-life processes rather than on mathematical formalism, sressing the independence of the economy with the social, ecological and ethical dimensions of human life. |
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... cultural disruptionand potentially catastrophic effects on the global environment. Thisbook challenges traditional economic ... culture. It begins witha clarification ofissues of methodology, process and purpose. It goesonto develop a ...
... cultural disruptionand potentially catastrophic effects on the global environment. Thisbook challenges traditional economic ... culture. It begins witha clarification ofissues of methodology, process and purpose. It goesonto develop a ...
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... Culture (Harvard University Press, forthcoming). Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft have a longstanding involvement inissues of participation and empowermentas researchers, service users and community activists. Since1987 they have worked ...
... Culture (Harvard University Press, forthcoming). Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft have a longstanding involvement inissues of participation and empowermentas researchers, service users and community activists. Since1987 they have worked ...
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... Cultural Studies inEssen, Germany. His books include For Loveof the Automobile. Looking Back into the History of our Desires (University ofCalifornia Press, Berkeley, 1992) and The Development Dictionary. A Guide to Knowledgeas Power ...
... Cultural Studies inEssen, Germany. His books include For Loveof the Automobile. Looking Back into the History of our Desires (University ofCalifornia Press, Berkeley, 1992) and The Development Dictionary. A Guide to Knowledgeas Power ...
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... cultural valuesrather than seeking to definethem; Alejandro Sanz de Santamaria argues similarlythat the economist engaged in developmentshould bea partner and participantinthe development process under study rather thanjustan external ...
... cultural valuesrather than seeking to definethem; Alejandro Sanz de Santamaria argues similarlythat the economist engaged in developmentshould bea partner and participantinthe development process under study rather thanjustan external ...
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... culture which knewno more sublimeend thanthat of minimizing bodily effort and maximizing physical wellbeing. He couldonlyshrug his shoulders atsuchan obsession withgaining comfort; asif a good lifecould bebuilt on that!Didn't India's ...
... culture which knewno more sublimeend thanthat of minimizing bodily effort and maximizing physical wellbeing. He couldonlyshrug his shoulders atsuchan obsession withgaining comfort; asif a good lifecould bebuilt on that!Didn't India's ...
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Other editions - View all
Real-life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation Paul Ekins,Manfred A. Max-Neef No preview available - 1992 |
Real-life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation Paul Ekins,Manfred A. Max-Neef No preview available - 1992 |
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