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In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from
a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. As The
Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While
economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP only
measures output. It ignores central facts such as quality, costs,
or purpose. Sustainability and quality of life are overlooked.
Losses don't count. The world can no longer afford GDP rule--GDP
ignores real development. Dirk Philipsen demonstrates how the
history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter
goals and measures. The Little Big Number explores a possible
roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than
indiscriminate growth.
In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from
a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. As The
Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While
economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP only
measures output. It ignores central facts such as quality, costs,
or purpose. Sustainability and quality of life are overlooked.
Losses don't count. The world can no longer afford GDP rule--GDP
ignores real development. Dirk Philipsen demonstrates how the
history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter
goals and measures. The Little Big Number explores a possible
roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than
indiscriminate growth.
On the night of November 9, 1989, an electrified world watched as
the Berlin Wall came down. Communism was dead, the Cold War was
over, and freedom was on the rise--or so it seemed. "We Were the
Peopl"e tells the story behind this momentous event. In an
extraordinary series of interviews, the key actors in the drama
that transformed East Germany speak for themselves, describing what
they did, what happened and why, and what it has meant to them. The
result is a powerful firsthand account of a rare historical moment,
one that reverberates far beyond the toppled wall that once divided
Germany and the world.
The drama "We Were the People" recreates is remarkable for its
richness and complexity. Here are citizens organizing despite
threats of bloody crackdowns; party functionaries desperately
trying to survive as time-honored political prerogatives crumble
beneath their feet; an oppressed people discovering the
possibilities of power and freedom, but also the sobering
strangeness of new political realities. With their success, East
Germans encountered the overpowering might of thie Western
neighbor--and stand perplexed before the onslaught of real estate
agents, glossy consumer ads, political professionalism--and the
discovery that a lifetime of social experience has suddenly lost
all usable context. They became, in the words of one participant, a
people "without biography."
Over all the recent events and unlikely turns recounted here, one
thing remains paramount: the sweep of the initial democratic
conception that animated the East German revolution. "We Were the
People" brings this movement to life in all its drama and detail,
and vividly recovers a historic moment thataltered forever the
shape of modern Europe.
"Some Voices of the People"
Barbel Bohley/ "Mother of the Revolution"
Rainer Eppelmann/ Protestant Pastor
Klaus Kaden/ Church Emissary to the Opposition
Hans Modrow/ Former Communist Prime Minister
Ludwig Mehlhorn/ Opposition Theorist
Ingrid Koppe/ Opposition Representative
Frank Eigenfeld/ New Forum
Harald Wagner/ Democracy Now
Sebastian Pflugbeil/ Democratic Strategist
East German Workers
Cornelia Matzke/ Independent Women's Alliance
Andre Brie/ Party Vice-Chairman
Gerhard Ruden/ Environmental Activist
Werner Bramke/ Party Academic
Businesses increasingly recognize their capacity to help solve
global environmental and social challenges, and the most innovate
understand the business case for addressing such issues as climate
change, water scarcity, pollution, poverty, hunger, and inequality.
Via 150 signed entries, Green Business: An A-to-Z Guide provides an
overview of key principles, approaches, strategies, and tools that
businesses have used to reduce environmental impacts and contribute
to sustainability. Entries reflect the expertise of scholars and
practitioners from varied fields and provide references to other
entries as well as citations for further reading. Together, they
provide an understanding of green business practices that will be
valuable for managers, policymakers, students, scholars, and
citizens interested in the complex relationship between businesses
and the environment. Vivid photos, searchable hyperlinks, numerous
cross references, an extensive resource guide, and a clear,
accessible writing style make the Green Society volumes ideal for
classroom use.
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