Product Description: If we don't measure what we value, we'll end up valuing what we measure. This Place on Earth 2002 takes a close look at why society's most-influential indicators--from the GDP to the Dow Jones--are failing us. It also presents a first effort at an alternative yardstick for the Northwest, by measuring how the region is doing in critical areas such as salmon health, sprawl, income inequality, and land use...read more

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Product Description: Taxpayers lose billions of dollars each year in subsidies that damage the Northwest environment. Hazardous Handouts: Taxpayer Subsidies to Environmental Degradation documents a litany of outdated policies that siphon away tax dollars, wreak ecological havoc, and burden the Northwest economy...read more