Unveiling Wealth

• Unveiled wealth takes environmental cost into account.- Unveiling wealth — accounting for sustainability.- Discussion.- On expectations and efforts — some introductory observations.- Indicators for sustainable development — a systems analysis approach.- Economic, ecological and social indicators.- Acquisition and numerical hocuspocus — profits and costs are misleading targets and indicators.- The debate about sustainability in industry.- Indicators of sustainable employment.- Discussion.- Dematerialisation and energy efficiency — the message of ecoindicators.- Material Flow Analysis — unveiling the physical basis of economies.- Emergy accounting.- Assessment of sustainability in growth and development—approaches and policy applications.- Questions and Answers.- How can sustainability become a measure of success in politics ?.- Economic growth models and the role of physical resources.- Post-fossil development patterns in the North.- Outlook: From paradigm to policy.

"...particular attention to the pros and cons of attempting to internalise environmental costs into individual decision-making through the political process. On the whole, Unveiling Wealth is a very useful book for economists, environmentalists, policy makers as well as eco-conscious practitioners of business." (Environmental Politics, 12:3 (2003)