Economist Ayres has radically changed his mind about several important issues over the past few years, and here presents his current perspective in a less formal and more personal treatment than most academic monographs. He finds that most of what passes for growth both in the West and the developing world is merely trade and speculation rather than the creation of real wealth. It is adding nothing to human welfare, he says, and is eroding the social fabric of every culture it touches. Accessible to general readers. He argues that we need some other measure of progress than gross national product. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Turning Point: An End to the Growth Paradigm

Business & Money

Robert U. Ayres

Management & Leadership

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

CIM (computer integrated manufacturing) is an acronym that has become fairly well known in recent years in manufacturing and related engineering circles. The purpose of the CIM Project at IIASA is to close the widening gap between the pace of technological, economic, and social events, on the one hand, and the progress of understanding those events, on the other.

Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Economic and social impacts

Computers & Technology

W. Haywood

R. Dobrinsky

Software

Springer

Presents the basic economic and physical theory underlying modern resource/environmental economics, its application to the construction of analytical models, and the corresponding requirements for statistical data. Places particular emphasis on ``realistic'' models. Maps past, present and future flow of materials and energy through processing, consumption, and environmental wastes. Discusses available data sources and the organization of data into appropriate statistical subsystems. Jointly treats economic and technological considerations.

Resources, Environment, and Economics: Applications of the Materials/Energy Balance Principle

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Wiley-Interscience

Book by Kneese, Professor Allen V., Ayres, Professor Robert U., d'Arge, Professor Ralph C.

Economics and the Environment: A Materials Balance Approach (RFF Press)

Kneese, Professor Allen V.

d'Arge, Professor Ralph C.

Nature & Ecology

RFF Press

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