Description:
The Evolution of Economic Wellbeing identifies the key factors, which the author refers to as "clusters of progress", that influence changes in wellbeing - both positively and negatively - within a framework of socio-economic globalization, instantaneous inter-connectedness, and rising environmental risks.
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Review Quotes:
"For readers who value long-term universal human wellbeing over short-term narrow goals, Mikdashi provides a blueprint for progress. Readers will be inspired to support the author's call for a periodic impartial and comprehensive State of the Globe assessment." -- John Gault, economist, Co-Director of and Lecturer in the Executive Masters Program, Oil and Gas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
"Zuhayr Mikdashi has worked tirelessly to introduce new perspectives to provide policymakers with a meaningful opportunity to pursue their development aims while, in the meantime, meeting the aspirations of the populations involved. Zuhayr Mikdashi's rich and diverse academic, research and practice covers many fields which reflect the expansion of the range of challenges facing the globalized world. It also corresponds to the inflated content of commitments in the agendas of intergovernmental negotiations. In this respect, given the complexity of the issues, fresh avenues, which imply holistic and multidisciplinary approaches, as well as precise definitions, are indispensable." -- Antoine Basile, Former UN Interregional Adviser on Investment and Technology
"A moving and cultured cri de coeur of a Levantine humanist and intellectual." -- Michel Habib, University of Zurich, Switzerland