Theoretical foundations of sustainable economic welfare indicators - ISEW and political economy of the disembedded system

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Brennan, Andrew John ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Disembeddedness; ISEW; Political economy; Psychic income; Service

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 48549084019     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.05.019     Document Type: Short Survey

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