Measuring and promoting wellbeing : how important is economic growth? essays in honour of Ian Castles AO and a selection of Castle's papers / edited by Andrew Podger and Dennis Trewin for the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Podger, A. S. (Andrew S.), editor.

Trewin, Dennis, 1946- editor.

Series:

Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Social aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (796 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT : ANU E Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Australia continues to be at the forefront of international work on measuring and promoting wellbeing, Ian Castles being a significant contributor over the last forty years as an official and academic. This book combines a selection of Castles' important work with contemporary research from a range of contributors.

Contents:

Measuring and Promoting Wellbeing

Preface

Contributors

1. Economic Growth, Wellbeing and Protecting the Future: An Overview of the Castles Symposium

Part One: The Role of Economics in Defining and Promoting Wellbeing

2. Economic Growth and Wellbeing: Ian Castles' Contribution

3. Ian Castles: Scholar as Truth Teller

4. Economics and Anti-Economics

5. Economic Growth: Is it Worth Having?

Part Two: Measuring Real Income and Wellbeing

6. Measuring Progress: The International Context

7. The Four Approaches to Measuring Wellbeing

8. The Need for Wellbeing Measurement in Context

9. The Wellbeing of the Australian People: Comments on the Treasury's Framework

10. Subjective Wellbeing and the Mismeasure of Progress

11. Measuring Wealth and Welfare: Why HDI and GPI Fail

12. Measuring Economic Progress: From Political Arithmetick to Social Accounts

13. The Mismeasure of Nations: A Review Essay on the Human Development Report 1998

14. Measuring Economic Progress

15. Reporting on Human Development: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

16. International Comparisons of GDP: Issues of Theory and Practice

Part Three: Measuring Inequality

17. What Can We Learn from International Evidence on Trends in Income Distribution?

18. Changes in Inequality in Australia and the Redistributional Impacts of Taxes and Government Benefits

19. What Difference Does Government Make? Measuring Redistribution in a Comparative Perspective

20. Money Income Distribution and Redistribution in Australia, Sweden and the United States 1984

21. Living Standards in Sydney and Japanese Cities: A Comparison

Part Four: Climate Change and Limits to Growth

22. Climate Change and Related Issues: Ian Castles' Contributions in Perspective.

23. Addressing Wellbeing in the Long-Term: a Review of Intergenerational Equity and Discount Rates in Climate Change Analysis

24. Limits to Growth … Again

25. Scientists, Statisticians and the Prophets of Doom

26. Global Warming and the 'Scientific Consensus' 1939-2001

27. Ian Castles and the IPCC - Selected Letters

28. The Stern Review: A Dual Critique.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781925021325

1925021327

OCLC:

1042321482

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_477382