Ebook: Unveiling Wealth: On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability

Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs.
Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output.
Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.

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Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs.
Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output.
Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.

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Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs.
Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output.
Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Unveiled wealth takes environmental cost into account....Pages 3-5
Unveiling wealth — accounting for sustainability....Pages 9-38
Discussion....Pages 39-47
On expectations and efforts — some introductory observations....Pages 51-53
Indicators for sustainable development — a systems analysis approach....Pages 55-58
Economic, ecological and social indicators....Pages 59-61
Acquisition and numerical hocuspocus — profits and costs are misleading targets and indicators....Pages 63-71
The debate about sustainability in industry....Pages 73-76
Indicators of sustainable employment....Pages 77-90
Discussion....Pages 91-99
Dematerialisation and energy efficiency — the message of ecoindicators....Pages 103-108
Material Flow Analysis — unveiling the physical basis of economies....Pages 109-134
Emergy accounting....Pages 135-146
Assessment of sustainability in growth and development—approaches and policy applications....Pages 149-155
Questions and Answers....Pages 157-166
How can sustainability become a measure of success in politics ?....Pages 167-170
Economic growth models and the role of physical resources....Pages 171-188
Post-fossil development patterns in the North....Pages 189-204
Outlook: From paradigm to policy....Pages 205-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-225

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Does money blur perspectives for a better life?
Lifting the money veil from our yardsticks of progress, income and wealth, reveals the trade-offs of economic growth. The book presents new indicators of the social, economic and ecological impacts of our lifestyles and production techniques. The indicators help to identify those responsible for these impacts and account for their accountability in terms of environmental and other ("social") costs.
Sustainable development is to bring about long-term prosperity without undermining its natural foundation. For the assessment of the opaque concept we need both, physical impact measures and environmentally modified ("green") indicators of income, capital and output.
Peter Bartelmus opens the dialogue between frequently hostile camps of economists and environmentalists, data producers and users, and scientists and policy makers. Together, they may steer us towards a sustainable future.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Unveiled wealth takes environmental cost into account....Pages 3-5
Unveiling wealth — accounting for sustainability....Pages 9-38
Discussion....Pages 39-47
On expectations and efforts — some introductory observations....Pages 51-53
Indicators for sustainable development — a systems analysis approach....Pages 55-58
Economic, ecological and social indicators....Pages 59-61
Acquisition and numerical hocuspocus — profits and costs are misleading targets and indicators....Pages 63-71
The debate about sustainability in industry....Pages 73-76
Indicators of sustainable employment....Pages 77-90
Discussion....Pages 91-99
Dematerialisation and energy efficiency — the message of ecoindicators....Pages 103-108
Material Flow Analysis — unveiling the physical basis of economies....Pages 109-134
Emergy accounting....Pages 135-146
Assessment of sustainability in growth and development—approaches and policy applications....Pages 149-155
Questions and Answers....Pages 157-166
How can sustainability become a measure of success in politics ?....Pages 167-170
Economic growth models and the role of physical resources....Pages 171-188
Post-fossil development patterns in the North....Pages 189-204
Outlook: From paradigm to policy....Pages 205-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-225
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