Economia -- Estats Units d'Amèrica

Building the new american economy / Sachs, Jeffrey D. (2017)

Públic ISBD Títol : Building the new american economy : smart, fair & sustainable Tipus de document : text imprès Autors : Sachs, Jeffrey D., Autor Editorial : New York : Columbia University Press Data de publicació : 2017 Nombre de pàgines : 130 p. ll. : il., gràf. Dimensions : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/DL : 978-0-231-18405-2 Idioma : Anglès (eng) Matèries : Economia -- Estats Units d'Amèrica Classificació : 00 Economia Resum : In this passionate and powerful book-part manifesto, part plan of action-the renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical strategy to move America, seemingly more divided than ever, toward a new consensus: sustainable development. Sustainable development is a holistic approach that emphasizes economic, social, and environmental objectives in shaping policy. In focusing too much on economic growth, the United States has neglected rising economic inequality and dire environmental threats. Now, even growth is imperiled. Sachs explores issues that have captivated the nation and political debate, including infrastructure, trade deals, energy policy, the proper size and role of government, the national debt, and income inequality. Not only does he provide illuminating and accessible explanations of the forces at work in each case, but he also presents specific policy solutions. His argument rises above the pessimism born of political paralysis, economic stagnation, and partisanship to devise a brighter way forward, achievable both individually and collectively. In Building the New American Economy, Sachs shows how the United States can find a path to renewed economic progress that is fair and environmentally sustainable. Nota de contingut : Inclou notes Permalink : https://bibliotecatriasfargas.cat/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=3 Building the new american economy : smart, fair & sustainable [text imprès] / Sachs, Jeffrey D., Autor . - New York : Columbia University Press, 2017 . - 130 p. : il., gràf. ; 21 cm. ISBN : 978-0-231-18405-2 Idioma : Anglès (eng) Matèries : Economia -- Estats Units d'Amèrica Classificació : 00 Economia Resum : In this passionate and powerful book-part manifesto, part plan of action-the renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical strategy to move America, seemingly more divided than ever, toward a new consensus: sustainable development. Sustainable development is a holistic approach that emphasizes economic, social, and environmental objectives in shaping policy. In focusing too much on economic growth, the United States has neglected rising economic inequality and dire environmental threats. Now, even growth is imperiled. Sachs explores issues that have captivated the nation and political debate, including infrastructure, trade deals, energy policy, the proper size and role of government, the national debt, and income inequality. Not only does he provide illuminating and accessible explanations of the forces at work in each case, but he also presents specific policy solutions. His argument rises above the pessimism born of political paralysis, economic stagnation, and partisanship to devise a brighter way forward, achievable both individually and collectively. In Building the New American Economy, Sachs shows how the United States can find a path to renewed economic progress that is fair and environmentally sustainable. Nota de contingut : Inclou notes Permalink : https://bibliotecatriasfargas.cat/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=3

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Codi de barres	Signatura topogràfica	Tipus de document	Localització	Secció	Estat	Volum	Nota
10115979	00 SAC	Llibre	Biblioteca IEF Ramon Trias Fargas	Biblioteca	Disponible Disponible

The pricing of progress / Eli Cook (2017)

Públic ISBD Títol : The pricing of progress : economic indicators and the capitalization of American life Tipus de document : text imprès Autors : Eli Cook Editorial : Cambridge, Mas. : Harvard University Press Data de publicació : 2017 Nombre de pàgines : 352 p Dimensions : 25 cm ISBN/ISSN/DL : 978-0-674-97628-3 Nota general : Inclou bibliografia Idioma : Anglès (eng) Matèries : Economia -- Estats Units d'Amèrica Economia -- Història Classificació : 017 Història econòmica Resum : How did Americans come to quantify their society's progress and well-being in units of money? In today's GDP-run world, prices are the standard measure of not only our goods and commodities but our environment, our communities, our nation, even our self-worth. The Pricing of Progress traces the long history of how and why we moderns adopted the monetizing values and valuations of capitalism as an indicator of human prosperity while losing sight of earlier social and moral metrics that did not put a price on everyday life. Cook roots the rise of economic indicators in the emergence of modern capitalism and the contested history of English enclosure, Caribbean slavery, American industrialization, economic thought, and corporate power. He explores how the maximization of market production became the chief objective of American economic and social policy. We see how distinctly capitalist quantification techniques used to manage or invest in railroad corporations, textile factories, real estate holdings, or cotton plantations escaped the confines of the business world and seeped into every nook and cranny of society. As economic elites quantified the nation as a for-profit, capitalized investment, the progress of its inhabitants, free or enslaved, came to be valued according to their moneymaking abilities. Today as in the nineteenth century, political struggles rage over who gets to determine the statistical yardsticks used to gauge the "health" of our economy and nation.The Pricing of Progress helps us grasp the limits and dangers of entrusting economic indicators to measure social welfare and moral goals.-- Permalink : https://bibliotecatriasfargas.cat/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=3 The pricing of progress : economic indicators and the capitalization of American life [text imprès] / Eli Cook . - Cambridge, Mas. : Harvard University Press, 2017 . - 352 p ; 25 cm. ISBN : 978-0-674-97628-3 Inclou bibliografia Idioma : Anglès (eng) Matèries : Economia -- Estats Units d'Amèrica Economia -- Història Classificació : 017 Història econòmica Resum : How did Americans come to quantify their society's progress and well-being in units of money? In today's GDP-run world, prices are the standard measure of not only our goods and commodities but our environment, our communities, our nation, even our self-worth. The Pricing of Progress traces the long history of how and why we moderns adopted the monetizing values and valuations of capitalism as an indicator of human prosperity while losing sight of earlier social and moral metrics that did not put a price on everyday life. Cook roots the rise of economic indicators in the emergence of modern capitalism and the contested history of English enclosure, Caribbean slavery, American industrialization, economic thought, and corporate power. He explores how the maximization of market production became the chief objective of American economic and social policy. We see how distinctly capitalist quantification techniques used to manage or invest in railroad corporations, textile factories, real estate holdings, or cotton plantations escaped the confines of the business world and seeped into every nook and cranny of society. As economic elites quantified the nation as a for-profit, capitalized investment, the progress of its inhabitants, free or enslaved, came to be valued according to their moneymaking abilities. Today as in the nineteenth century, political struggles rage over who gets to determine the statistical yardsticks used to gauge the "health" of our economy and nation.The Pricing of Progress helps us grasp the limits and dangers of entrusting economic indicators to measure social welfare and moral goals.-- Permalink : https://bibliotecatriasfargas.cat/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=3

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Codi de barres	Signatura topogràfica	Tipus de document	Localització	Secció	Estat	Volum	Nota
10115728	017 COO	Llibre	Biblioteca IEF Ramon Trias Fargas	Biblioteca	Disponible Disponible