Measures of environmental and sustainable socioeconomic welfare and the political economy of capitalism - theoretical reconstruction, technical specification, and critical analysis: GDP, ISEW and GPI

Measures of environmental and sustainable socioeconomic welfare and the political economy of capitalism - theoretical reconstruction, technical specification, and critical analysis: GDP, ISEW and GPI

This study undertakes a critical analysis of measures of environmental and sustainable socioeconomic welfare from the perspective of political economy. One of the prime motivations for such an inquiry is that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides an inadequate measure of social and ecological waste...

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Main Author: Brennan, Andrew John
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2009
Subjects:
net income indices
capitalist system
political economy
critical analysis
environmental and sustainable socioeconomic welfare
gross domestic product (GDP)
sustainable economic welfare indicators (SEWIs)
measures
economic system
social and ecological waste
market institutions
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/114

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