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BWB texts : economic futures / / Paul Dalziel [and three others] ; digital development by Tom Rennie and Barbara Graham |
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Wellington, New Zealand : , : BWB Bundles, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Quality of life - New Zealand |
New Zealand Economic policy |
New Zealand Social policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Wellbeing Economics; Preface; 1 Wellbeing Economics; Wellbeing Economics; The Capabilities Approach of Amartya Sen; Time-Use Choices and Market Production; Value-Added Activities and the Structure of the Book; 2 Leading Lives We Have Reason to Value; The Time Use Survey; Housing and Wellbeing; Childcare and Wellbeing; Cultural Capital; 3 Living Well in Communities; Community Organisations and Wellbeing; Social Capital and Wellbeing; Local Government and Wellbeing; Natural Capital and Wellbeing; Co-production of Local Government Services; 4 Value through Enterprise and Skills |
Market Production and WellbeingPhysical Capital and Wellbeing; Market Employment and Wellbeing; Labour Market Skills and Wellbeing; Human Capital and Wellbeing; 5 Public Service to Expand Capabilities; Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Wellbeing; Taxation and Wellbeing; Market Regulation and Wellbeing; Equity and Wellbeing ; Infrastructure and Wellbeing; The Public Service and Wellbeing; 6 Future Directions for New Zealand; A Wellbeing Example; Value-Added Activities; Skills and Education; The Living Standards Framework and Better Public Services; From Welfare State to Wellbeing State |
Notes and Further ReadingChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; About the Authors; Growing Apart; Introduction; |
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1 Many Nations Beneath the Surface; Different Regional Economies; Regional Specialisations; Economic Interconnections; Differing Performance; Inequality, Loss of Trust and Poverty; Secular versus Local Factors; 2 Forces Beyond Our Control; Technology and Accelerating Change; Unstoppable Urbanisation; Globalisation and Its Discontents; Ageing Fast; 3 Consequences of Change; A Growing Creative Class; Educated and Connected; The Provincial Trap |
4 Voting with Their FeetLeaving, Ageing and Arriving; Reversal of Decline Is Possible; 5 Call to Action; Hard Questions; No Easy Solutions; Agree on the Problem and the Goal; Gather Evidence; Develop a Strategy; Collaboration; Review and Refine; Growing Together; Notes and Further Reading; Acknowledgements; About the Author; The Inequality Debate; Introduction; 1 Why Inequality Matters; DEFINING INEQUALITY; UNEQUAL IMPACTS; BUT WHY DO LOW INCOMES MATTER?; WHY INEQUALITY - WHY NOT JUST POVERTY?; WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL MOBILITY?; RIGHTFUL REWARD?; CAN'T ECONOMIC GROWTH SOLVE THIS? |
WHY INEQUALITY MATTERSDysfunction: how do unequal societies fail?; Division: how does inequality break down social cohesion?; Stagnation: how does inequality weaken growth?; 2 Inequality and New Zealand; WHO EARNS WHAT?; WHO OWNS WHAT?; MORE UNEQUAL THAN MOST; WHAT WE DON'T MEASURE; NEW ZEALAND EQUALITY - TRUTH AND MYTH; A TURNING TIDE; THE GREAT DIVERGENCE; GOING NOWHERE; THE STRUGGLING MIDDLE; UP, UP AND AWAY; ACCEPTING THE GREAT DIVIDE?; THE CHALLENGE NOW; Glossary; Acknowledgements; About the Author; The Piketty Phenomenon; Introduction; About the Authors |
Has Capital in the Twenty-First Century Changed Anything? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Get up-to-speed with some of the biggest challenges facing New Zealand with this bundle of high-profile BWB Texts by Paul Dalziel & Caroline Saunders, Shamubeel Eaqub, Max Rashbrooke, and leading New Zealand economists and commentators. |
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