Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability
Autor: | Marc Fleurbaey, Didier Blanchet |
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EAN: | 9780199346912 |
eBook Format: | ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 11.04.2013 |
Untertitel: | Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability |
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Is GDP a good proxy for social welfare? Building on economic theory, this book confirms that it is not, but also that most alternatives to it share its basic flaw, i.e., a focus on specific aspects of people's lives without sufficiently taking account of people's values and goals. A better approach is possible.