Ronald Colman

What Really Counts

The Case for a Sustainable and Equitable Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

What Really Counts is an essential, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social, economic, and environmental benefits. Ronald Colman recounts two decades of working with three governments to adopt measures capable of quantifying factors that GDP overlooks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780231190992
• ISBN-10: 0231190999
• Artikelnr.: 62952650

Autorenporträt

Ronald Colman

Inhaltsangabe

A Note to Readers: Coronavirus-a Turning Point for Humanity?
Prologue
1. The Magic Number
2. Counting What Matters
3. A Nova Scotia Start
4. The New Measures in Action
5. Scaling Up
6. Challenges Behind the Scenes
7. Genuine Progress Meets Politics
8. A New Zealand Interlude
9. Invitation to Bhutan
10. (Mis)Measuring Gross National Happiness
11. Educating for Gross National Happiness
12. The Gap Between Words and Action
13. A "New Economic Paradigm" for the World
14. Can Genuine Progress Really Happen?
15. Forging a New Economy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index