Lorenzo Fioramonti: Gross Domestic Problem

Cover: 9781780322728 | Gross Domestic Problem | Lorenzo Fioramonti | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

Gross domestic product is arguably the best-known statistic in the contemporary world, and certainly amongst the most powerful. It drives government policy and sets priorities in a variety of vital social fields - from schooling to healthcare. Yet for perhaps the first time since it was invented in the 1930s, this popular icon of economic growth has come to be regarded by a wide range of people as a 'problem'. After all, does our quality of life really improve when our economy grows 2 or 3 per cent? Can we continue to sacrifice the environment to safeguard a vision of the world based on the illusion of infinite economic growth?

Lorenzo Fioramonti takes apart the 'content' of GDP - what it measures, what it doesn't and why - and reveals the powerful political interests that have allowed it to dominate today's economies. In doing so, he demonstrates just how little relevance GDP has to moral principles such as equity, social justice and redistribution, and shows that an alternative is possible, as evinced by the 'de-growth' movement and initiatives such as transition towns.

A startling insight into the politics of a number that has come to dominate our everyday lives.

Über den Autor

Lorenzo Fioramonti is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation.

Zusammenfassung

Lorenzo Fioramonti takes apart the 'content' of GDP - and reveals the powerful political interests that have allowed it to dominate today's economies.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The world's most powerful number
1. The history of GDP: from crisis to crisis
2. The Frankenstein syndrome
3. The global quest to dethrone GDP
4. Change from below
Conclusion: Supremacy and resistance

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Fachbereich:	Betriebswirtschaft
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781780322728
ISBN-10:	1780322720
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Fioramonti, Lorenzo
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Lorenzo Fioramonti
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.01.2013
Gewicht:	0,303 kg