Environment and Employment: A Reconciliation Contributor(s): Lawn, Philip (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415539870 ISBN-13: 9780415539876 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
Dewey: 331.1 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.28 lbs) 412 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a trade-off exists between environmental goals and employment goals, yet this trade-off has been largely ignored or denied. This book aims to resolve the environment-employment dilemma by suggesting ways and means to achieve low rates of unemployment, or preferably full employment, in the context of a low-growth or steady-state economy. In search of a solution to this dilemma, this book seeks to answer the following questions:
This book will no doubt stimulate a broader discussion on the issue, and it may just begin a process that leads to the eventual emergence of a viable policy strategy to generate a sustainable, full employment future. This book will be of interest to decision-makers, civil servants, researchers, and NGO employees as well as students of environmental and ecological economics and issues related to employment and unemployment. |