The book explores innovative methods for valuing and evaluating quality of life, emphasizing the critical connection between human well-being and the natural environment. Dasgupta seeks to enhance our understanding of how environmental factors influence our overall quality of life, proposing strategies for improvement. Through this lens, the work addresses the importance of sustainability and the interplay between ecological health and human prosperity.
Here Partha Dasgupta, an internationally recognized authority in economics, presents readers with a solid introduction to its basic concepts, including efficiency, equity, sustainability, dynamic equilibrium, property rights, markets, and public goods. Throughout, he highlights the relevance of economics to everyday life, providing a very human exploration of a technical subject. Dasgupta covers enduring issues such as population growth, the environment, and poverty. For example, he explores how the world's looming population problems affect us at the local, national, and international level.Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life. Here, Dasgupta goes beyond the basics to show it's innate effects on our history, culture, and lifestyles.About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
In recent years economists have found the theory of games to be an attractive route for exploring imperfectly competitive markets. This collection of articles explores both the potential and the limitations of this theoretical framework.
Focusing on biodiversity loss, the report examines the urgent need for sustainable solutions to address this critical issue. It encourages a shift in mindset, actions, and metrics of success to effectively combat environmental degradation. By highlighting the current challenges and proposing transformative approaches, the report aims to guide individuals and organizations toward a more sustainable future.
Time and the Generations blends economics, philosophy, and ecology to offer an original lens on the difficult topic of global population. Partha Dasgupta provides tentative answers to two fundamental questions: What level of economic activity can our planet support over the long run, and what does the answer say about optimum population numbers?
Estableciendo una comparación amena y accesible entre las vidas de dos niñas que viven en regiones opuestas desde el punto de vista del desarrollo económico, Partha Dasgupta nos muestra en este texto sencillo y brillante qué razonamientos utilizan los economistas para comprender el mundo que nos rodea y cómo aplican dichos razonamientos a algunos de los graves problemas a los que se enfrenta actualmente la humanidad. La función del mercado, el papel del Gobierno y de un sistema democrático, la confianza de la sociedad en un sistema económico, la trascendencia de la ciencia y la tecnología, así como del sistema educativo, el desarrollo sostenible, etc., son algunos de los temas que Economía: Una breve introducción desarrolla desde una óptica de ciencia social, es decir, de cómo afectan a la vida cotidiana de la gente. Alejándose de cuestiones excesivamente teóricas y poco ceñidas a la realidad, el autor presenta la actividad económica como una acción humana que obedece las reglas de una sociedad concreta, pero que no puede desligarse de las que existen en un ámbito global, que la condicionan y determinan.
Dass die Weltwirtschaft über unser Glück im Arbeitsleben entscheidet, und infolge dessen vielleicht noch über viel mehr, das haben wir gerade erst zu spüren bekommen. Der hochrenommierte englische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Partha Dasgupta erinnert in seiner verständlichen, umfassenden und wohlabgewogenen Darstellung der Weltwirtschaft, ihrer Funktionsmechanismen, Chancen und Risiken aber auch daran, dass wir alle nicht nur mit der Wall Street, sondern auch mit den Dorfwegen in Äthiopien oder Indien, mit den Slumstraßen in Sao Paolo oder Djakarta in Verbindung stehen. Nicht nur großes Geld treibt die Weltwirtschaft, auch großer Hunger und große Hoffnung.
