Quantitative economics: how sustainable are our economies (Record no. 7012)
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| fixed length control field | 01750nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781402069659 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330 |
| Item number | BAR-Q |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Bartelmus, Peter |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Quantitative economics: how sustainable are our economies |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Name of publisher | Springer |
| Year of publication | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxx, 329p |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Quantitative Economics" cuts through the fog of vision and advocacy by comparing and applying new quantitative tools of both environmental and ecological economics. Environmental accounts and empirical analyses provide operational concepts and measures of the sustainability of economic performance and growth. They facilitate rational and compatible environmental and economic policies.<br/><br/>This thought-provoking text raises doubts, however, about the measurability of sustainable development. Has the paradigm run its course? The answer is a guarded ‘yes’ – guarded because the concept still carries considerable environmental goodwill. At the same time the opaque concept fosters contradictory policy advice, or worse, inaction. Do we need zero- or accelerated economic growth? Should we reduce conspicuous consumption or enjoy spending as we see fit? Will rules and regulation or adjusted markets prevent environmental disaster?<br/><br/>"Quantitative Economics" does not brush over open questions, but puts them in perspective. It ends as it began with "questions, questions, questions". The objective is to foster a dialogue between pessimistic environmentalists and more optimistic economists, and furthermore to bring these concepts and tools to the attention of classrooms, boardrooms and offices |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Economics |
| Form subdivision | Sustainable development |
| -- | Economic development |
| -- | Globalisation |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2010-01-28 | KK | 2009-09-24 | 330 BAR-Q | 45999 | 2019-04-18 | Books |