Yet the world needs a broader metric to assess the sustainability of economic development. The World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) program provides the most comprehensive wealth ...

I found it in abundance in the latest book by interdisciplinary scholar Riane Eisler. The Real Wealth of Nations tackles the dismal science of economics and proves conclusively that it deserves that ...

And from at least the time of Adam Smith's 1776 "Wealth of Nations" to 1998's Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond, "Guns, Germs, and Steel," people have speculated why some areas of the globe ...

A recent feature article in Nature examined the scientific impact of nations using the metrics of total publications and citations. 1 For decision-making purposes, the article appears to be misleading ...

Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire The Wealth of Nations published The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

If the world makes a permanent move away from using fossil fuels, the likely result will be a huge reduction in the value of their national and natural wealth. These nations face three special ...

Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776, adding a second revolutionary event to that fateful year. A political democracy was born on one side ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to create a sovereign wealth fund, similar to those of nations in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The funds, which typically use surplus ...

The Changing Wealth of Nations – a follow-up publication to the 2006 book, Where is the Wealth of Nations? – extends the principles of wealth accounting to include dimensions that go beyond the ...