The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis and the subsequent lock-downs of large parts of humanity have triggered and renewed fundamental questions about the true finality not only of the economy but also of human existence, many of which were initiated well before this crisis. Among those,...

The purpose of this volume is to bring together key actors of the well-being community - pairing scholars with policy-makers - to advance the analytical and policy-making agenda at the heart of the well-being transition, at a time when this progress has become a vital necessity. At least two...

How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainabilityNever before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things—those that will help us solve...

Since its invention by Simon Kuznets in the 1930s, the notion that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reflects human well-being and should guide public policy has been called into question. In the wake of the financial, political, and environmental crises that have defined the early twenty-first...

This chapter asserts that human health and the environment are the connected nexus, and the support system, that makes a Wellbeing Economy possible. After describing the health-environment nexus, it illustrates it with five areas that show interconnections or co-benefits between healthy...

"Featuring a stellar international cast-list of leading and cutting-edge scholars, The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of the Environment presents the state of the art of the discipline that considers ecological issues and crises from a political economy perspective. This collective...

This volume, the fifth instalment of the classic Report on the European Union series, offers at once an economic and intellectual historical perspective on the creation of the euro and its 20 first years, a comprehensive review of the current and future challenges of the euro area, including a...