Unveiling Wealth

On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability

By: Peter Bartelmus, Bartelmus, P. Bartelmus (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 August 2002

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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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"...particular attention to the pros and cons of attempting to internalise environmental costs into individual decision-making through the political process. On the whole, Unveiling Wealth is a very useful book for economists, environmentalists, policy makers as well as eco-conscious practitioners of business."
(Environmental Politics, 12:3 (2003)

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Sustainability Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Macroeconomics Monetary Economics Philosophy Pollution & Threats to the Environment Political Economy Environmental Management

Society & Social Sciences Accounting & Finance Accounting Management Accounting & Bookkeeping Environmental Economics

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introductory Statement by the Executive Director of Unep
Unveiled wealth takes environmental cost into account	p. 3
New Indicators of Sustainability
Unveiling wealth--accounting for sustainability	p. 9
Discussion	p. 39
Which Indicators, and for What?
On expectations and efforts - some introductory observations	p. 51
Indicators for sustainable development--a systems analysis approach	p. 55
Economic, ecological and social indicators	p. 59
Acquisition and numerical hocus-pocus--profits and costs are misleading targets and indicators	p. 63
The debate about sustainability in industry	p. 73
Indicators of sustainable employment	p. 77
Discussion	p. 91
The Physical Basis of the Economy
Dematerialisation and energy efficiency--the message of ecoindicators	p. 103
Material flow analysis--unveiling the physical basis of economies	p. 109
Emergy accounting	p. 135
Assessment and Policy Analysis
Assessment of sustainability in growth and development--approaches and policy applications	p. 149
Questions and Answers	p. 158
How can sustainability become a measure of success in politics?	p. 167
Economic growth models and the role of physical resources	p. 171
Post-fossil development patterns in the North	p. 189
Outlook: From paradigm to policy	p. 205
Notes	p. 213
The authors	p. 218
Index	p. 220
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