Beyond GDP : measuring welfare and assessing sustainability / Marc Fleurbaey and Didier Blanchet.

By:

Fleurbaey, Marc [author.]

Contributor(s):

Blanchet, Didier [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199344154
0199344159
019933255X
9780199332557
9781299600454
129960045X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond GDP.DDC classification:

330.12/6 23

LOC classification:

HB846 .F577 2013eb

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Contents:

A wealth of indicators -- Measuring sustainability -- A price for everything? -- Equivalent income, or how to value what has no price -- Is happiness all that matters? -- Empowering capabilities -- Conclusion: how to converge on a multiplicity.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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