Economic Development and Environmental Protection

Economic Pursuit of Quality

AvThomas Michael Power

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

This text takes issue with the notion that economic well-being of people derives only from quantitatively expanding commercial business activity. It argues that economic qualities flow from the natural and social environment, and that they are public, not private, in character.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-05-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:521 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9781563247347

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Innehållsförteckning

chapterOne The Power and Mystique of Economics: Sharing the Power, Eliminating the Magic; chapterTwo The Dominance of Quality in Economic Pursuits: Survival Needs, Food, and Health Care; chapterThree The Dominance of Quality in Economic Pursuits, Continued: Clothing, Housing, and Stone Age Economics; chapterFour The Economic Pursuit of Quality in a Noncommercial Setting; chapterFive Profaning the Sacred? Economic Valuation of the Natural Environment; chapterSix Beauty and the Beast: Quantitative Evidence on the Economic Importance of Environmental Quality; chapterSeven The Economic Base: Distracting Vision, Distorting Reality; chapterEight Economic Growth and Local Economic Well-Being; chapterNine The Self-Defeating Strategies of Quantitative Growth; chapterTen The Local Pursuit of Quality: A “Can’t-Lose” Economic-Development Strategy; chapterEleven Grander Visions, Grander Problems;