Beyond GDP : measuring welfare and assessing sustainability / Marc Fleurbaey and Didier Blanchet.
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TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199332557 (ebook) :Subject(s): Welfare economics | Gross domestic product | Economic policy | Social policyAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 330.126 LOC classification: HB846 | .F577 2013Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Is GDP a good proxy for social welfare? Building on economic theory, this book confirms that it is not, but also that most alternatives to it share its basic flaw, i.e., a focus on specific aspects of people's lives without sufficiently taking account of people's values and goals. A better approach is possible.
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Is GDP a good proxy for social welfare? Building on economic theory, this book confirms that it is not, but also that most alternatives to it share its basic flaw, i.e., a focus on specific aspects of people's lives without sufficiently taking account of people's values and goals. A better approach is possible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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