The Quantuum Effect: Saving our environment by changing the measurement of economic performance - Couverture souple

Samuels, Raymond; Carby, Horace

 
9781927538500: The Quantuum Effect: Saving our environment by changing the measurement of economic performance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1927538505 ISBN 13 : 9781927538500
Editeur : Agora Cosmopolitan, 2020

Synopsis

In spite of widespread support for environmental protection, the destruction of our planet continues to worsen. But in the fight against climate change, one key factor is often overlooked: our current measurements of economic performance. Rooted in market-based capitalism, these indicators encourage those in power to strive for numerical "success"at the cost of environmental protection and quality of life.


In The Quantuum Effect, 25-year veteran investigative journalist, researcher, and former government advisor Peter Tremblay proposes a new measurement of economic performance-one which promotes environmental protection instead of exploitation and destruction.


Drawing on his background in environmental studies and his years of advising government on environmental protection and planning, Tremblay challenges the validity of the current sustainable development prism, which fails to challenge capitalism as the root cause of environmental destruction. He urges the replacement of market-based capitalism with a revised way of thinking that holds environmental protection as an integral objective with inherent value, sparking gravely needed public discussion on a new way of conceiving economic development and the global economy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Raymond Samuels is a member of the University of Toronto community. He has taught human rights and constitutional law at the community college / university-level. His academic research specialization includes international relations and political economy. Horace Carby Master's degrees from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Chicago in Economics. He has an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Toronto. He also taught Economics at the University of Notre Dame at South Bend in the U.S.

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Éditeur
Agora Cosmopolitan
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1927538505
ISBN 13 
9781927538500
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
340
Coordonnées du fabricant
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