Consumption, Jobs and the Environment: A Fourth Way?

Consumption, Jobs and the Environment argues that the present pattern of development, based on everlasting economic growth, is completely unsatisfactory from a welfare point of view. It threatens ecological catastrophe while perpetuating poverty. Roy Carr-Hill and John Lintott propose an alternative policy framework based explicitly on welfare and suggest where cuts in consumption, working hours and ecological risks might be made most usefully.

ROY CARR-HILL is Reader in Medical and Social Statistics at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York. In addition, he is a part-time Research Professor in Education in Developing Countries at the Institute of Education, University of London. His main research interests are in inequalities in health, measurement of outcomes, resource allocation across the social sectors, adult literacy and basic education in Africa.

JOHN LINTOTT is Senior Lecturer in Economics at South Bank University, London. His main research interests are social and economic statistics and ecological economics.