Are we consuming too much?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-172

  Arrow, Kenneth ^a   Dasgupta, Partha ^b,c   Goulder, Lawrence ^a   Daily, Gretchen ^a   Ehrlich, Paul ^a   Heal, Geoffrey ^d   Levin, Simon ^e   Mäler, Karl Göran ^f   Schneider, Stephen ^a   Starrett, David ^a   Walker, Brian ^g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics   (Sweden)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0347967891     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0895330042162377     Document Type: Review

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