Few economists are admitting that the welfare of a society is not directly correspondent to the degree of a society's industrialization. The macro-economics of the Keynesian era set itself goals and continues to view the world with analyses that no longer apply in our times. If economic growth is measured by irrelevant statistics, analyses must now undergo a revolutionary paradigm shift and sacrifice large intellectual and material vested interests in perpetual growth theories and policies, before they can really come to grips with these changes. In detailed analyses of current socio-economic trends all over the globe, the writers of this collection propose new concepts and goals for economic analysis. Contributors include: Samir Amin, Zygmunt Bauman, Gérald Berthoud, Abraham Rotstein, Ayse Bugra, Alberto Chilosi, Alfredo L. de Romana, Pat Devine, Colin Duncan, Bjorn Hettne, Tadeusz Kowalik, Alain Lipietz, Tomory Marta, J. Martinez-Alier, Mario Nuti, Ulf Olsson, Jean-Michel Servet and Claus Thomasberger. Volume Six of the series: Critical Perspectives on Historic Issues