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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... welfare by Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft Changing neighbourhoods by Tony Gibson People's participation: reconciling growth with equity by Ponna Wignaraja 12 Achieving sustainability The practical implications of sustainable development ...
... welfare by Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft Changing neighbourhoods by Tony Gibson People's participation: reconciling growth with equity by Ponna Wignaraja 12 Achieving sustainability The practical implications of sustainable development ...
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... welfare 8.3 8.4 Illustrative quality-of-life indicators Four categories of economic impact 12.1 Implications of broad and narrow definitions of sustainable development 12.2 Production statistics for North Sea oil, 1976–89 12.3 ...
... welfare 8.3 8.4 Illustrative quality-of-life indicators Four categories of economic impact 12.1 Implications of broad and narrow definitions of sustainable development 12.2 Production statistics for North Sea oil, 1976–89 12.3 ...
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... Croft on user control of welfare services; Tony Gibson on the regeneration of urban neighbourhoods; and Ponna Wignaraja on participatory rural development in South Asia. The final chapter of Part III, and of the book, xx Introduction.
... Croft on user control of welfare services; Tony Gibson on the regeneration of urban neighbourhoods; and Ponna Wignaraja on participatory rural development in South Asia. The final chapter of Part III, and of the book, xx Introduction.
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... welfare. The 'real world', however, is nowhere near as simple a concept as it sounds. It is actually experienced by different groups of people in radically different ways, to the extent that one might not know from their descriptions of ...
... welfare. The 'real world', however, is nowhere near as simple a concept as it sounds. It is actually experienced by different groups of people in radically different ways, to the extent that one might not know from their descriptions of ...
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Real-life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation Paul Ekins,Manfred A. Max-Neef No preview available - 1992 |
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