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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... individual papers, from contributors many of whom are among the acknowledged leaders in their respective fields, are woven together by editorial comment into a powerful statement of an important new economic perspective. Understanding ...
... individual papers, from contributors many of whom are among the acknowledged leaders in their respective fields, are woven together by editorial comment into a powerful statement of an important new economic perspective. Understanding ...
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... Individual acknowledgements are given at the beginning of the papers concerned. We must also thank Sally Howell for her patient secretarial work in getting a complex typescript into a presentable condition. This is, therefore, very much ...
... Individual acknowledgements are given at the beginning of the papers concerned. We must also thank Sally Howell for her patient secretarial work in getting a complex typescript into a presentable condition. This is, therefore, very much ...
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... individual elements should be adopted only in so far as they could help give better expression to India's aspirations. Nehru disagreed. He saw no choice other than introducing the young nation to the achievements of the west as soon as ...
... individual elements should be adopted only in so far as they could help give better expression to India's aspirations. Nehru disagreed. He saw no choice other than introducing the young nation to the achievements of the west as soon as ...
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... individual equilibrium mechanisms. This conceptual innovation was no accident, but mirrored a new social reality: an economy of national scope. Before then, a domestic market was not something to be taken for granted; even in Europe at ...
... individual equilibrium mechanisms. This conceptual innovation was no accident, but mirrored a new social reality: an economy of national scope. Before then, a domestic market was not something to be taken for granted; even in Europe at ...
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... individuals and households in the second step of this 'conventional' knowledge production process – the in-depth fieldwork – this contradiction became not only increasingly evident but also increasingly problematic. The richness and ...
... individuals and households in the second step of this 'conventional' knowledge production process – the in-depth fieldwork – this contradiction became not only increasingly evident but also increasingly problematic. The richness and ...
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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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