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The green national product : a proposed index of sustainable economic welfare

Title
The green national product : a proposed index of sustainable economic welfare / Clifford W. Cobb, John B. Cobb, Jr. ; with contributions by Carol S. Carson [and others].
Author
Cobb, Clifford W.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America ; [Mankato, MN] : Human Economy Center, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Cobb, John B.
  • Human Economy Center.
Description
v, 343 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Sustainable development
  • Economic development > Environmental aspects
  • Quality of life
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Measurement of Economic Well-being: A Continuing Controversy -- Ch. 2. The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare-Detailed Calculations -- Ch. 3. The Index of Sustainable Welfare: Comment / Robert Eisner -- Ch. 4. The ISEW from a National Accounting Perspective / Alan H. Young and Carol S. Carson -- Ch. 5. Some Reflections on the ISEW / Robert R. Gottfried -- Ch. 6. Measuring Local Economic Well-being: Per Capita Income and Local Economic Health / Thomas Michael Power -- Ch. 7. Is a Welfare Index Possible? / E. J. Mishan -- Ch. 8. Policy Checking and Policy Making / Jan Tinbergen -- Ch. 9. Economic Measures and Public Policy / Richard D. Lamm -- Ch. 10. The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare: A Case Study of the Federal Republic of Germany / Hans Diefenbacher -- Ch. 11. Response to the Critics and Revision of the ISEW.
ISBN
  • 0819193224 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0819193216 (paper : alk. paper)
LCCN
93023426
OCLC
ocm28722630
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries