Nature's Numbers: Expanding the National Economic Accounts to Include the Environment

by National Research Council, Edward C. Kokkelenberg, William D. Nordhaus, et al.

In order to really see the forest, what's the best way to count the trees? Understanding how the economy interacts with the environment has important implications for policy, regulatory, and business decisions. How should our national economic accounts recognize the increasing interest in and importance of the environment?

Nature's Numbers responds to concerns about how the United States should make these measurements. The book recommends...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309071518
• ISBN13: 9780309071512
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"