Measuring and promoting wellbeing how important is economic growth? essays in honour of Ian Castles AO and a selection of Castle's papers
Australia continues to be at the forefront of international work on measuring and promoting wellbeing, Ian Castles being a significant contributor over the last forty years as an official and academic. This book combines a selection of Castles' important work with contemporary research from a r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra, ACT :
ANU E Press
[2014]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436407406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Measuring and Promoting Wellbeing
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1. Economic Growth, Wellbeing and Protecting the Future: An Overview of the Castles Symposium
- Part One: The Role of Economics in Defining and Promoting Wellbeing
- 2. Economic Growth and Wellbeing: Ian Castles' Contribution
- 3. Ian Castles: Scholar as Truth Teller
- 4. Economics and Anti-Economics
- 5. Economic Growth: Is it Worth Having?
- Part Two: Measuring Real Income and Wellbeing
- 6. Measuring Progress: The International Context
- 7. The Four Approaches to Measuring Wellbeing
- 8. The Need for Wellbeing Measurement in Context
- 9. The Wellbeing of the Australian People: Comments on the Treasury's Framework
- 10. Subjective Wellbeing and the Mismeasure of Progress
- 11. Measuring Wealth and Welfare: Why HDI and GPI Fail
- 12. Measuring Economic Progress: From Political Arithmetick to Social Accounts
- 13. The Mismeasure of Nations: A Review Essay on the Human Development Report 1998
- 14. Measuring Economic Progress
- 15. Reporting on Human Development: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
- 16. International Comparisons of GDP: Issues of Theory and Practice
- Part Three: Measuring Inequality
- 17. What Can We Learn from International Evidence on Trends in Income Distribution?
- 18. Changes in Inequality in Australia and the Redistributional Impacts of Taxes and Government Benefits
- 19. What Difference Does Government Make? Measuring Redistribution in a Comparative Perspective
- 20. Money Income Distribution and Redistribution in Australia, Sweden and the United States 1984
- 21. Living Standards in Sydney and Japanese Cities: A Comparison
- Part Four: Climate Change and Limits to Growth
- 22. Climate Change and Related Issues: Ian Castles' Contributions in Perspective.
- 23. Addressing Wellbeing in the Long-Term: a Review of Intergenerational Equity and Discount Rates in Climate Change Analysis
- 24. Limits to Growth … Again
- 25. Scientists, Statisticians and the Prophets of Doom
- 26. Global Warming and the 'Scientific Consensus' 1939-2001
- 27. Ian Castles and the IPCC - Selected Letters
- 28. The Stern Review: A Dual Critique.
