Author: Harry D. HutchinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Economics and Social Goals
Author: Harry D. HutchinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Economics and Social Goals
Author: Harry D. HutchinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Economics and Social Goals
Author: Economics and Social Goals
Author: Harry D. HutchinsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780574179760
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Focus
Author: Sarapage McCorklePublisher: Council for Economic Educat
ISBN: 9781561834976
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Students use a comparative approach to explore concepts and materials that are frequently neglected in other economics courses. An introductory essay provides background information to the 12 classroomready lessons.
Economic Policies and Social Goals
Author: Anthony J. CulyerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780855200794
Category : Economic policy
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Human Well-Being and Economic Goals
Author: Frank AckermanPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781559635615
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
What are the ends of economic activity? According to neoclassical theory, efficient interaction of the profit-maximizing "ideal producer" and the utility-maximizing "ideal consumer" will eventually lead to some sort of social optimum. But is that social optimum the same as human well-being? Human Well-Being and Economic Goals addresses that issue, considering such questions as: Does the maximization of individual welfare really lead to social welfare? How can we deal with questions of relative welfare and of equity? How do we define, or at least understand, individual and social welfare? And how can these things be measured, or even assessed? Human Well-Being and Economic Goals brings together more than 75 concise summaries of the most significant literature in the field that consider issues of present and future individual and social welfare, national development, consumption, and equity. Like its predecessors in the Frontier Issues in Economic Thought series, it takes a multidisciplinary approach to economic concerns, examining their sociological, philosophical, and psychological aspects and implications as well as their economic underpinnings. Human Well-Being and Economic Goals provides a powerful introduction to the current and historical writings that examine the concept of human well-being in ways that can help us to set goals for economic activity and judge its success. It is a valuable summary and overview for students, economists, and social scientists concerned with these issues.
Economic Dignity
Author: Gene SperlingPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984879898
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
“Timely and important . . . It should be our North Star for the recovery and beyond.” —Hillary Clinton “Sperling makes a forceful case that only by speaking to matters of the spirit can liberals root their belief in economic justice in people’s deepest aspirations—in their sense of purpose and self-worth.” —The New York Times When Gene Sperling was in charge of coordinating economic policy in the Obama White House, he found himself surprised when serious people in Washington told him that the Obama focus on health care was a distraction because it was “not focused on the economy.” How, he asked, was the fear felt by millions of Americans of being one serious illness away from financial ruin not considered an economic issue? Too often, Sperling found that we measured economic success by metrics like GDP instead of whether the economy was succeeding in lifting up the sense of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and security of people. In Economic Dignity, Sperling frames the way forward in a time of wrenching change and offers a vision of an economy whose guiding light is the promotion of dignity for all Americans.
Social Goals and Economic Institutions, by Frank D. Graham
Author: Frank Dunstone GrahamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Economics of the SDGs
Author: Edward B. BarbierPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030786986
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This is the first book that employs economics to develop and apply an analytical framework for assessing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The authors explore the historical context for the underlying sustainability concept, develop an economics-based analytical framework for assessing progress towards the SDGs, and discuss the implications for sustainability policy and future research. Economics is concerned with analysing the trade-offs in allocating scarce means to achieve various ends. Thus, economic methods are ideally suited to assessing how progress towards one or more SDGs may come at the expense of achieving other goals. Such interactions are inevitable in meeting the 2030 Agenda over the next decade, given that the SDGs include different economic, social, and environmental elements. Although it may be possible to make progress across all 17 goals by 2030, it is more likely that improvement toward all goals will be mixed. For example, we may have reduced poverty or hunger over recent years, but the way in which this progress has been achieved – e.g. through economic expansion and industrial growth – may have come at the cost in achieving some environmental or social goals. On the other hand, progress in reducing poverty is likely to go hand-in-hand with other important goals, such as eliminating hunger, improving clean water and sanitation, and ensuring good health and well-being. Assessing these interactions is essential for guiding policy, so that countries and the international community can begin implementing the right set of environmental, social and economic policies to achieve more sustainable and inclusive global development.