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The New Economics : A Bigger Picture David Boyle and Andrew Simms. text

By: Boyle, David | Simms, AndrewMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London Earthscan 2009Description: 192 p. HBKISBN: 9781844076758; 184407675X (pbk.) :; 9781844076758 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Sustainable development | Management and Business Studies | Well-being | Economics - Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 330 BOY
Contents:
The economic problem -- No wealth but life : a brief history of the new economics -- Measurement : why is an apparently poor Pacific island at the top of the happy planet index? -- Money : why did China pay for the Iraq War? -- Markets : why has London traffic always travelled at 12mph? -- Life : why do modern Britons work harder than medieval peasants? -- Resources : why are Cuban mechanics the best in the world? -- Trade : why does Britain import the same number of chocolate waffles as it exports? -- Community : why do fewer people vote when there is a Wal-Mart nearby? -- Debt : why are Malawi villagers paying the mortgages of Surbiton stockbrokers? -- The future.
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Book Book Ruskin College Library Ruskin College Library 330 BOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R56256L0085
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<p>Formerly CIP. Uk Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>

The economic problem -- No wealth but life : a brief history of the new economics -- Measurement : why is an apparently poor Pacific island at the top of the happy planet index? -- Money : why did China pay for the Iraq War? -- Markets : why has London traffic always travelled at 12mph? -- Life : why do modern Britons work harder than medieval peasants? -- Resources : why are Cuban mechanics the best in the world? -- Trade : why does Britain import the same number of chocolate waffles as it exports? -- Community : why do fewer people vote when there is a Wal-Mart nearby? -- Debt : why are Malawi villagers paying the mortgages of Surbiton stockbrokers? -- The future.

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