Economic Development and Environmental Protection - 2nd Edition

Name: Economic Development and Environmental Protection - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This text takes issue with the notion that economic well-being of people derives only from quantitatively expanding commercial business activity. It argues that economic qualities flow from the natural and social environment, and that they are public, not private, in character. > This text takes issue with the notion that economic well-being of people derives only from quantitatively expanding commercial business activity. It argues that economic qualities flow from the natural and social environment, and that they are public, not private, in character. > chapterOne The Power and Mystique of Economics: Sharing the Power, Eliminating the Magic; chapterTwo The Dominance of Quality in Economic Pursuits: Survival Needs, Food, and Health Care; chapterThree The Dominance of Quality in Economic Pursuits, Continued: Clothing, Housing, and Stone Age Economics; chapterFour The Economic Pursuit of Quality in a Noncommercial Setting; chapterFive Profaning the Sacred? Economic Valuation of ;