Alternative Economic Indicators (Routledge Revivals)
Alternative Economic Indicators (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Victor Anderson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1317811038

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The main objective of politicians is to maximise economic growth, which heavily drives political policy and decision-making. Critics of the maximisation of growth as the central aim of economic policy have argued that growth in itself is not necessarily a good thing, particularly for the environment; however, what would replace the system and how it would be measured are questions that have been rarely answered satisfactorily. First published in 1991, this book was the first to lay out an entirely new set of practical proposals for developing new economic measurement tools, with the aim of being sustainable, ‘green’ and human-centred. Victor Anderson proposes that a whole set of indicators, rather than a single one, should play all the roles that GNP (Gross National Product) is responsible for. With a detailed overview of the central debates between the advocates and opponents of continued economic growth and an analysis of the various proposals for modification, this title will be of particular value to students interested in the diversity of measurement tools and the notion that economies should also be evaluated by their social and environmental consequences.

Alternative Economic Indicators (Routledge Revivals)
Alternative Economic Indicators (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Victor Anderson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1317811046

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The main objective of politicians is to maximise economic growth, which heavily drives political policy and decision-making. Critics of the maximisation of growth as the central aim of economic policy have argued that growth in itself is not necessarily a good thing, particularly for the environment; however, what would replace the system and how it would be measured are questions that have been rarely answered satisfactorily. First published in 1991, this book was the first to lay out an entirely new set of practical proposals for developing new economic measurement tools, with the aim of being sustainable, ‘green’ and human-centred. Victor Anderson proposes that a whole set of indicators, rather than a single one, should play all the roles that GNP (Gross National Product) is responsible for. With a detailed overview of the central debates between the advocates and opponents of continued economic growth and an analysis of the various proposals for modification, this title will be of particular value to students interested in the diversity of measurement tools and the notion that economies should also be evaluated by their social and environmental consequences.

Economics, Natural-Resource Scarcity and Development (Routledge Revivals)
Economics, Natural-Resource Scarcity and Development (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Edward B Barbier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1135036616

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Global warming is an increasing problem, tropical forests are being wiped out and major upper watersheds are being degraded. Using insights provided by environmentalism, ecology and thermo-dynamics, this book – first published in 1989 – outlines an economic approach to the use of natural resources and particularly to the problem of environmental degradation. Edward Barbier reviews and critiques the long past of environmental and resource economics and then goes on to elaborate an economics which allows us to develop alternative strategies for dealing with the problems faced. With examples drawn from Latin America and Indonesia, he not only develops a major theoretical advance but shows how it can be applied. Barbier’s work is an important and relevant contribution to the discussion surrounding the economics of environmental sustainability.

Class, Politics and the Economy (Routledge Revivals)
Class, Politics and the Economy (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Stewart Clegg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1134717105

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This study, first published in 1986, provides a systematic account of the processes and structure of class formation in the major advanced capitalist societies. The focus is on the organizational mechanisms of class cohesion and division, theoretically deriving from a neo-Marxian perspective. Chapters consider the organization and structure of the ‘corporate ruling class’, the middle class and the working class, and are brought together in an overarching analysis of the organization of class in relation to the state and the economy. This title will be of particular interest to students researching the impact of recession on societal structure and the processes of political class struggle, as well as those with a more general interest in the socio-economic theories of Marx, Engels and Weber.

Budget Deficits and Economic Performance (Routledge Revivals)
Budget Deficits and Economic Performance (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Richard Burdekin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-11

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1317505182

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At the time in which this book was first published in 1992, there was a major concern with the macro-economic implications of fiscal imbalance. As the European economies moved closer to monetary union, and Germany grappled with the fiscal pressures of unification, deficits in the United States exceeded $300 billion. In this volume the authors address this issue, using both historical case-studies and cross-national comparisons. This book will be of interest to students of economics.

Keynes' Economics (Routledge Revivals)
Keynes' Economics (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Tony Lawson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-07-15

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1135228701

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First published in 1985, this title includes contributions from leading economists and addresses many seminal aspects of Keynes' work and methods. This revival will be of particular interest to lecturers and advanced students of economics.

Economic Democracy (Routledge Revivals)
Economic Democracy (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Martin Carnoy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-12

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1317277090

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This book is a discussion of and an argument for alternatives to the present structure of production in the United States—alternatives that would change the control of capital and how it is used. First published 1980, Carnoy and Shearer discuss the economic problems facing the 1980s and argue for a strategy to transform capital from corporations to the public. A book that remains relevant in today’s political economic climate, this title is ideal for students of economics and politics, as well as general readers interested in past and present economic problems and potential solutions.

Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals)
Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

Author: E. J. Mishan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1136629556

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First published in 1981, Professor Mishan’s Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare: Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare is a collection of 22 pioneering essays written while the author was teaching at the London School of Economics and chosen to indicate landmarks in the development of his own thought. Professor Mishan, who also enjoys an international reputation as a popular writer on the impact of modern economic growth on social welfare, is among the foremost authorities in the field of resource allocation, and his influence in his subject area has been profound. Mishan’s essays, while generally accessible to the layman due to the author’s lucidity, his economy in the use of mathematical notation and his concern with perspective, are invaluable reading for the economics undergraduate. The essays are particularly relevant to upper level students of project appraisal, welfare economics and cost benefit analysis requiring a coherent survey of their field of study.

Economics and Demography (Routledge Revivals)
Economics and Demography (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Ian Bowen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1136447989

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First published in 1976, Economics and Demography discusses how the world population doubled in the thirty years prior to its publication, and considers the economic implications of this demographic transformation. Professor Bowen, with many years’ experience of research into the economic and statistical aspects of population and world development, provides a survey of the population of the world, and of how political economists have explained population growth. The author’s survey looks first at the mechanisms of growth – fertility, mortality, and migration – followed by an account of theories of growth from Adam Smith to the present day. Professor Bowen, a former fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, who taught at universities in England, America, Australia and Asia, writes from the point of view of a political economist rather than a demographer, and Economics and Demography is of particular value to students of development, development economics and demography within departments of economics, economic history and geography.