Alternative Economic Indicators (Routledge Revivals)

Victor Anderson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

116 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-73951-1 (ISBN)

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The main objective of politicians is to maximise economic growth, which heavily drives political policy and decision-making. Critics of the maximisation of growth as the central aim of economic policy have argued that growth in itself is not necessarily a good thing, particularly for the environment; however, what would replace the system and how it would be measured are questions that have been rarely answered satisfactorily. First published in 1991, this book was the first to lay out an entirely new set of practical proposals for developing new economic measurement tools, with the aim of being sustainable, ‘green’ and human-centred. Victor Anderson proposes that a whole set of indicators, rather than a single one, should play all the roles that GNP (Gross National Product) is responsible for. With a detailed overview of the central debates between the advocates and opponents of continued economic growth and an analysis of the various proposals for modification, this title will be of particular value to students interested in the diversity of measurement tools and the notion that economies should also be evaluated by their social and environmental consequences.

Victor Anderson

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Growth Debate 2. The Origins of National Income Accounting 3. Problems of National Income Accounting 4. Possible Reforms in National Income Accounting 5. Growth and Progress 6. The Good Indicator 7. Social Indicators 8. Environmental Indicators 9. Data for Fourteen Major Countries 10. Conclusion; Notes and References; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.5.2015
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	0-415-73951-9 / 0415739519
ISBN-13	978-0-415-73951-1 / 9780415739511
Zustand	Neuware