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Changing role of the market in national economies

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington; Worldwatch Institute; 1986Description: 57 pISBN:
  • 916468739
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.3 CHA
Summary: Economic science asks how to produce what for whom. Sustainable economics examines these same questions, but includes future gen erations in the "for whom." It asks how the irreplaceable resources water, air, soil, and fish and wildlife can be adequately conserved. It also recognizes that economic mechanisms that do not efficiently and equitably satisfy human needs are not likely to be sustainable.2 Sustainable economics analyzes issues complicated by politics, ideol ogy, and nationalism. It tries to ascertain what works to make re source use more efficient. How do people behave in relation to their natural resources? How does a country's economic system alter its prospects for survival? The beginnings of an answer can be formed by measuring national performance in food security, energy efficiency, environmental pollution, and equity.
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Economic science asks how to produce what for whom. Sustainable economics examines these same questions, but includes future gen erations in the "for whom." It asks how the irreplaceable resources water, air, soil, and fish and wildlife can be adequately conserved. It also recognizes that economic mechanisms that do not efficiently and equitably satisfy human needs are not likely to be sustainable.2

Sustainable economics analyzes issues complicated by politics, ideol ogy, and nationalism. It tries to ascertain what works to make re source use more efficient. How do people behave in relation to their natural resources? How does a country's economic system alter its prospects for survival? The beginnings of an answer can be formed by measuring national performance in food security, energy efficiency, environmental pollution, and equity.

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