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The Mismeasure of Progress
Economic Growth and Its Critics
Buch von Stephen J Macekura
Sprache: Englisch

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"Why do we believe what we do about the concept of "economic growth"? Why has growth traditionally been measured by economic activity rather than by social factors like the well-being of the worst off in a given society? Seemingly arcane choices like these had implications not merely in the twentieth-century West but in the colonial and postcolonial states where economists and others prescribed this prevailing standard of economic success, usually with appalling results. Stephen J. Macekura here investigates how the conventional discourse around growth took shape and how it gained worldwide cultural and political power. His transnational history examines how key intellectuals, policymakers, and activists conceptualized, pursued, and often resisted prevailing notions of economic development. Reformers criticized persistent flaws in the growth discourse, the misplaced faith in economic growth as a panacea for social and political ills, and the reliance on economic indicators as representations of the world's complexities. Macekura's cast is vibrant and large, and his story covers the sweeping geography of the cold war and more. By historicizing the terms and concepts that underwrite today's increasingly inequitable conditions, Macekura opens the door to pursuing more socially aware policies in the future"--
"Why do we believe what we do about the concept of "economic growth"? Why has growth traditionally been measured by economic activity rather than by social factors like the well-being of the worst off in a given society? Seemingly arcane choices like these had implications not merely in the twentieth-century West but in the colonial and postcolonial states where economists and others prescribed this prevailing standard of economic success, usually with appalling results. Stephen J. Macekura here investigates how the conventional discourse around growth took shape and how it gained worldwide cultural and political power. His transnational history examines how key intellectuals, policymakers, and activists conceptualized, pursued, and often resisted prevailing notions of economic development. Reformers criticized persistent flaws in the growth discourse, the misplaced faith in economic growth as a panacea for social and political ills, and the reliance on economic indicators as representations of the world's complexities. Macekura's cast is vibrant and large, and his story covers the sweeping geography of the cold war and more. By historicizing the terms and concepts that underwrite today's increasingly inequitable conditions, Macekura opens the door to pursuing more socially aware policies in the future"--
Über den Autor
Stephen J. Macekura is associate professor of international studies at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 320
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780226736303
ISBN-10: 022673630X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Macekura, Stephen J
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Maße: 236 x 161 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen J Macekura
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,592 kg
preigu-id: 118107285
Über den Autor
Stephen J. Macekura is associate professor of international studies at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 320
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780226736303
ISBN-10: 022673630X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Macekura, Stephen J
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Maße: 236 x 161 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Stephen J Macekura
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2020
Gewicht: 0,592 kg
preigu-id: 118107285
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