The Winners and Losers in Global Competition: Why Eco-Efficiency Reinforces Competitiveness: A Study of 44 Nations

by Mathis Wackernagel and Andreas Sturm

Our dominant culture continues to celebrate blind economic expansion despite its heavy toll on people and nature all over the globe. In fact, our national income accounts (such as the GDP) and our policies ignore that much of today's economic income stems from liquidating our social and natural assets. While living on the planet's capital, rather than on the interest (or sustainable harvest) of its renewable assets, we operate as if we could transgress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557533571
• ISBN13: 9781557533579
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"