Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
This essay is on measuring the quality of life, a problem on which Ihave worked periodically ever since becoming a student in economics. A few passages, from Chapters 6 and 14, have even been lifted from my doctoral dissertation of 1968 (Ihave worked on the subject that long!). And there are chapt...
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| Định dạng: | Sách |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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Oxford
2012
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/30284 |
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| Tóm tắt: | This essay is on measuring the quality of life, a problem on which Ihave worked periodically ever since becoming a
student in economics. A few passages, from Chapters 6 and 14, have even been lifted from my doctoral dissertation of
1968 (Ihave worked on the subject that long!). And there are chapters, particularly the Appendix, which report
findings only a year or so old. The subject surrounding the problem is a complex one. One way or another, it pervades
a number of disciplines. But the problem's relevance extends beyond the academic realm. International organizations
routinely publish cross-country estimates of the quality of life, journalists and commentators publicize them, national
governments are obliged to take note of them, non-governmental organizations criticize them, and intellectuals reflect
upon them. Since much of the purpose of measuring the quality of life is to help search for ways to improve life's
quality, the exercise reduces to valuing objects and evaluating policies. Today, quality-of-life indices broker political
arguments and together form a coin that even helps purchase economic and social policy. |
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