The United States has seen major advances in medical care during the past decades, but access to care at an affordable cost is not universal. Many Americans lack health care insurance of any kind, and many others with insurance are nonetheless exposed to financial risk because of high premiums,...

Introduction -- The national income accounts : history and application to the environment -- Accounting for subsoil mineral resources -- Accounting for renewable and environmental resources -- Overall appraisal of environmental accounting in the United States.