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The new economics : a bigger picture / David Boyle and Andrew Simms.
Lippincott Library HB74.P8 B65 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyle, David, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Psychological aspects.
- Economics.
- Well-being.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 192 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781844076758
- 184407675X
- OCLC:
- 401714006
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