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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... sectors The role of services in the economy The real final outcome of the production process The creation of wealth and utility The environment–economy interaction (excluding built environment) Set of needs Maslow's hierarchy of needs ...
... sectors The role of services in the economy The real final outcome of the production process The creation of wealth and utility The environment–economy interaction (excluding built environment) Set of needs Maslow's hierarchy of needs ...
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... sector, as well as of business and government. Within this framework neoclassical economics emerges as a useful but limited system of analysis; its use is limited by the extremity of many of its assumptions about human behaviour, social ...
... sector, as well as of business and government. Within this framework neoclassical economics emerges as a useful but limited system of analysis; its use is limited by the extremity of many of its assumptions about human behaviour, social ...
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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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