000			01750nam a2200157Ia 4500
999			_c7012 _d7012
020			_a9781402069659
082			_a330 _bBAR-Q
100			_aBartelmus, Peter
245		0	_aQuantitative economics: how sustainable are our economies
260			_aNew York _bSpringer _c2008
300			_axxx, 329p
504			_aincludes index
520			_aQuantitative 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. 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? "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			_aEconomics _vSustainable development _vEconomic development _vGlobalisation
942			_cBK _2ddc