The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and where we are in relation to each other now matter very much.

The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and where we are in relation to each other now matter very much.

Instead of exposures to toxic materials and mechanical dangers, we are discovering the toxicity of social circumstances and patterns of social organization.

... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor.

If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark.

In its broadest ecological context, economic development is the development of more intensive ways of exploiting the natural environment.