Quantitative eco-nomics : how sustainable are our economies? /

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Author / Creator:Bartelmus, Peter.
Imprint:Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xxx, 329 p.) : ill. (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8885031
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ISBN:9781402069666 (electronic bk.)
1402069669 (electronic bk.)
9781402069659
9786611314224
6611314229
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-307) and index.
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Summary:"Quantitative Eco-nomics" 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 Eco-nomics" 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.--Publisher's description.
Other form:Print version: Bartelmus, Peter. Quantitative eco-nomics. Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2008 9781402069659 1402069650
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"Quantitative Eco-nomics" 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?

Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 329 p.) : ill. (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-307) and index.
ISBN:9781402069666
1402069669
9781402069659
9786611314224
6611314229