Rethinking Sustainable Development : Economic Integration and Public Policy, ...

Rethinking Sustainable Development : Economic Integration and Public Policy, Hardcover by Tan, Seck, ISBN 0367433419, ISBN-13 9780367433413, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK"This book examines the economic performance of global economies and addresses how environmental capital should be included in forecasting. Seck begins with an analysis of standard macroeconomics frameworks and policy practice. He argues, with reference to environmental accounting literature, that environmental capital must form an integral component of economic measurement. This paves the way for an alternative environmental-macroeconomics framework for policy analysis that promotes sustainable development. Th demonstrates how environmental capital can be measured with reference to select OECD countries, and provides a methodology for analysing how macroeconomic goals are related to a steady state economy. Seck then concludes with a summary of theconflict between current economic growth and ecosystem preservation, and outlines possible policy improvements and directions for research. Rethinking Sustainable Development is an invaluable reference for policymakers as well as researchers and studentsof environmental economics, sustainable development, and macroeconomics"--