TY - BOOK AU - Boyle, David AU - Simms, Andrew TI - The New Economics : A Bigger Picture SN - 9781844076758 U1 - 330 BOY PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Earthscan KW - Sustainable development KW - Management and Business Studies KW - Well-being KW - Economics - Psychological aspects N1 -

Formerly CIP. Uk Includes bibliographical references and index.

; 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 ER -