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1 online resource (xiv, 782 pages).: illustrations. |
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Australia and New Zealand School of Governance series |
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Australia and New Zealand School of Government monograph.
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Contents |
Economic growth, wellbeing, and protecting the future : an overview of the Castles Symposium / Andrew Podger, Dennis Trewin, William Gort -- Part one. The role of economics in defining and promoting wellbeing -- Economic growth and wellbeing : Ian Castles' contribution / Michael Keating -- Ian Castles : scholar as truth teller / William Coleman -- Economics and anti-economics / Ian Castles -- Economic growth : is it worth having? / Ian Castles, Treasury -- Part two. Measuring real income and wellbeing -- Measuring progress : the international context / Brian Pink, Sue Taylor, Hannah Wetzler -- The four approaches to measuring wellbeing / John Hawkins -- The need for wellbeing measurement in context / David Gruen, Duncan Spender -- The wellbeing of the Australian people : comments on the Treasury's framework / Jonathan Pincus -- Subject wellbeing and the mismeasure of progress / Richard Eckersley -- Measuring wealth and welfare : why HDI and GPI fail -- Measuring economic progress : from political arithmetick to social accounts -- The mismeasure of nations : a review essay on the Human Development Report 1998 -- Measuring economic progress -- Reporting on human development : lies, damned lies, and statistics / Ian Castles -- International comparisons of GDP: issues of theory and practice / Ian Castles, David Henderson -- Part three. Measuring inequality -- What can we learn from international evidence on trends in income distribution? / Henry Ergas -- Changes in inequality in Australia and the redistributional impacts of taxes and government benefits / J Rob Bray -- What difference does government make? Measuring redistribution in a comparative perspective / Peter Whiteford -- Money income distribution and redistribution in Australia, Sweden and the United States 1984 -- Living standards in Sydney and Japanese cities : a comparison / Ian Castles -- Part four. Climate change and limits to growth -- Climate change and related issues : Ian Castles' contributions in perspective / David Henderson -- Addressing wellbeing in the long-term : a review of intergenerational equity and discount rates in climate change analysis / Mark Harrison -- Limits to growth ... again / Jeff Bennett -- Scientists, statisticians and the prophets of doom -- Global warming and the 'scientific consensus' 1939-2001 / Ian Castles -- Ian Castles and the IPCC: selected letters -- The Stern review : a dual critique / Alan Peacock [and others]. |
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English. |
Subject |
Castles, Ian.
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Festschriften -- Australia.
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Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Economic development -- Sociological aspects.
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Quality of life -- Economic aspects.
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Well-being -- Economic aspects.
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Mélanges (Recueils) -- Australie.
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Développement économique -- Aspect sociologique.
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Qualité de la vie -- Aspect économique.
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Bien-être -- Aspect économique.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Mentoring & Coaching.
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Economic development -- Social aspects
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Economic development -- Sociological aspects
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Festschriften
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Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
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Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Added Author |
Podger, A. S. (Andrew Stuart), editor.
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Trewin, D. J. (Dennis John), 1946- author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Measuring and promoting wellbeing : how important is economic growth? : essays in honour of Ian Castles AO and a selection of Castle's papers. Canberra, ACT : ANU Press, c2014 796 pages 9781925021318 |
ISBN |
9781925021325 (electronic bk.) |
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1925021327 (electronic bk.) |
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9781925021318 |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000051959419 |
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AU@ 000059668042 |
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GBVCP 1008659428 |
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