Global Sustainability

ALESSANDRO VERCELLI is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy. He is Vice President of the Executive Committee of the International Economic Association. He is author and editor of several books and articles in the fields of economic policy, economic methodology, cycle theory and environmental economics. SIMONE BORGHESI is Assistant Professor at the University of Pescara, Italy. He has worked at the International Monetary Fund, Washington, and at the Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei, Milan. He is author of several articles in the fields of international, development and environmental economics.

• Preface Introductory Remarks: Definitions, Preview, Foundations Inequality, Poverty and the Kuznets Curve Sustainability Conditions and the Environmental Kuznets Curve  Sustainable Development, Global Warming and Energy Trends Inequality, Health and the Environment   The 'New' Globalization The Sustainable Firm: Long Run Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility Liberalism, Perfect Competition and Real Markets Concluding Remarks: The Argument in a Nutshell, its Policy Implications and the Liberal Dilemma