The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability
This paper argues that a sustainable industrial system depends not only on good environmental and public health outcomes, but also on adequate employment and earning capacity in a well-functioning and equitable economic system. These concerns are likely to dominate future national political debates,...
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| author | Ashford, Nicholas A. Hall, Ralph P. Ashford, Robert H. |
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| description | This paper argues that a sustainable industrial system depends not only on good environmental and public health outcomes, but also on adequate employment and earning capacity in a well-functioning and equitable economic system. These concerns are likely to dominate future national political debates, requiring responses that increase the earning capacity of individuals through changes in the nature of work and employment, and in the ownership of productive capital. Making the economy greener, while certainly necessary for long-term economic and societal survival, does not necessarily mean more and better paying jobs on a large enough scale to make serious progress to reducing unemployment and underemployment. At present, national and global reforms are focused on improving the financial system, which is not synonymous with reforming the economic system or improving the economic status of individual citizens. This paper discusses specific policies and initiatives that need to be considered to ensure sustainable employment and livelihoods. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1101612021-09-13T15:00:44Z The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability Ashford, Nicholas A. Hall, Ralph P. Ashford, Robert H. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Engineering Ashford, Nicholas A. Ashford, Nicholas A. This paper argues that a sustainable industrial system depends not only on good environmental and public health outcomes, but also on adequate employment and earning capacity in a well-functioning and equitable economic system. These concerns are likely to dominate future national political debates, requiring responses that increase the earning capacity of individuals through changes in the nature of work and employment, and in the ownership of productive capital. Making the economy greener, while certainly necessary for long-term economic and societal survival, does not necessarily mean more and better paying jobs on a large enough scale to make serious progress to reducing unemployment and underemployment. At present, national and global reforms are focused on improving the financial system, which is not synonymous with reforming the economic system or improving the economic status of individual citizens. This paper discusses specific policies and initiatives that need to be considered to ensure sustainable employment and livelihoods. 2017-06-22T14:07:36Z 2017-06-22T14:07:36Z 2012-03 2011-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 22104224 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110161 Ashford, Nicholas A., Ralph P. Hall, and Robert H. Ashford. “The Crisis in Employment and Consumer Demand: Reconciliation with Environmental Sustainability.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 2 (March 2012): 1–22. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2012.01.002 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/x-photoshop Elsevier Prof. Ashford |
| spellingShingle | Ashford, Nicholas A. Hall, Ralph P. Ashford, Robert H. The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability |
| title | The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability |
| title_full | The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability |
| title_fullStr | The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability |
| title_short | The crisis in employment and consumer demand: Reconciliation with environmental sustainability |
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