> We'd like to introduce you to the > G-DAE WEB SITE > http://www.tufts.edu/gdae > > THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE > a research institute of Tufts University offers > resources for faculty and students interested in > development economics and environment and energy > policy economics. > > The following papers can be downloaded FREE from > the web: > ALTERNATIVES TO GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT > by Richard W. England and Jonathan M. Harris > Explains the major environmental, social, and > economic inadequacies of prevailing systems of > national income accounting and provides a review > of several proposed alternatives. > > ARE ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES MISLEADING US? > By William R. Moomaw and Gregory C. Unruh > Environmental Kuznets Curves pose a relationship > between CO2 emissions and economic growth. Using > non-linear systems dynamics, the authors show that > historic events, policy choices and resource prices, > not GDP growth, drive the transition from increases > to decreases in pollution. > > CAPITAL CHOICES - NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INVESTMENT > By Michael E. Porter > Investment links the present with the future, but > the U.S. system threatens long-term growth. This > essay, available only from G-DAE, identifies legal, > institutional, and other problematic factors, and > offers suggestions to improve decisions by owners, > managers, policymakers, and institutional investors. > > Look for information about other G-DAE activities, > books and discussion papers, including: > > AS IF THE FUTURE MATTERED - TRANSLATING SOCIAL AND > ECONOMIC THEORY INTO HUMAN BEHAVIOR > Edited by Neva R. Goodwin > > > FRONTIER ISSUES IN ECONOMIC THOUGHT > A series of books on critical themes for formation > of a sustainable economy. Each book contains 3-5 > page summaries of 80-90 key articles: > > Volume 1 A SURVEY OF ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS > Volume 2 THE CONSUMER SOCIETY > Volume 3 HUMAN WELL-BEING AND ECONOMIC GOALS > Volume 4 (forthcoming) THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK > > Projected future volumes will concern Power and > Inequality, Fully Sustainable Development, and > New Issues in Macroeconomics > > The Global Development and Environment Institute > Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 USA > http://www.tufts.edu/gdae -- -----Laurie Laurie Dougherty Global Development and Environment Institute Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 http://www.tufts.edu/gdae [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
