For the Common Good

Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

• Author(s): Herman E. Daly, John B. Cobb, Clifford W. Cobb,
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Pages: 482
• ISBN_10: 0807047023
  ISBN_13: 9780807047026
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Theory , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development , Business & Economics / Environmental Economics , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy ,

Description:... Daly (economist, the World Bank) and Cobb (philosophy, Claremont Graduate School) expose the outmoded abstractions of mainstream economic theory. They conclude, in particular, that economic growth--the prevailing yardstick for measuring economic success--is no longer an appropriate goal as energy consumption, overpopulation, and pollution increase. Instead, they propose a new measure for the economy--the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR