Sustainable development revisited

Before one can talk about "sustainability", economic development has to have occurred, and the traditional motor for development has always been economic growth, says Professor Karl Heinrich Oppenländer, President of the ifo Institute for Economic Research. He poses the questions, Is growt...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific review 1998-06, Vol.5 (2), p.19-26
Main Author: Oppenländer, Karl Heinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Before one can talk about "sustainability", economic development has to have occurred, and the traditional motor for development has always been economic growth, says Professor Karl Heinrich Oppenländer, President of the ifo Institute for Economic Research. He poses the questions, Is growth policy the best social policy? Has the social market economy failed because of its ties to economic growth, or has this growth simply been too small? What would a strict adherence to the concept of sustainable development mean? This paper was originally presented at the IIPS 10th Anniversary Symposium, "Transforming the Global Order for the 21st Century," held in Tokyo on 18-19 May 1998.
ISSN:1343-9006
1469-2937
DOI:10.1080/13439009808719976