Eloi Laurent

Gebundenes Buch

Measuring Tomorrow

Accounting for Well-Being, Resilience, and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Beschreibung

How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainability Never before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things--those that will help us solve the real social, economic, political, and environmen

Autor

Éloi Laurent

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 167mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9780691170695
• ISBN-10: 069117069X
• Artikelnr.: 48094138

Rezensionen

"In this book, Éloi Laurent addresses the challenge of ensuring that measurement of the economy reflects all the dimensions of what society values, including the sustainable use of resources. This is a practical contribution to the increasingly salient agenda of going beyond GDP' in setting metrics to guide public policy, incorporating indicators of environmental quality and well-being."--Diane Coyle, author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History