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Simon, Julian, 70

Singapore, 126

Sloan School, 256

Slow Food, 27

Slow Movement, 27–28, 205

smart cards, 252–53

Smith, Adam, 119–20, 209, 221, 255

Smith, Vernon, 215

social capital, 8, 12, 17; definition of, 152–53; fairness and, 116, 121, 139–43; intangible assets and, 149–52, 157, 161, 199–201; measurement of, 154, 185; policy recommendations for, 267, 271, 273, 276; Putnam on, 152–54; trust and, 5, 151–57, 168–74, 177; values and, 223–25, 231, 257

social justice, 31, 43, 53, 65, 123, 164, 224, 237, 286

Social Limits to Growth, The (Hirsch), 190, 231

social markets, 217–20

social networks, 260, 270, 288–89

Social Security, 93–94

social welfare. See welfare

Socrates, 32

software, 253

Solow, Robert, 77–78, 80, 82

Soulful Science, The (Coyle), 121

South Sea Bubble, 3

Spain, 126, 287

spillovers, 186, 228–29

Spirit Level, The (Wilkinson and Pickett), 137–39

Stagecoach Festival, 197

Standard & Poor’s, 201

statistics, 10; fairness and, 115, 138; growth and, 270–74, 290–94; happiness and, 35–42, 51–52; innovation and, 12, 201–7; institutions and, 245; measurement and, 187–89, 198–208; nature and, 66, 81–82; policy recommendations for, 270–74; posterity and, 92; resources for, 294; trust and, 154; user–generated content and, 273; values and, 13; World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy and, 38. See also gross domestic product (GDP); measurement

Stein, Herbert, 104

Stern, Nicholas, 29, 60–61, 68, 72–74, 82

Stevenson, Betsey, 41

stewardship, 78, 80, 275

Stiglitz, Joseph, 37, 82, 202, 274

stimulus packages, 91, 100–103, 111

Strumpf, Koleman, 197

suicide, 44, 51, 279

superstar effect, 134

sustainability: Brundtlandt Report and, 77; cradle-to-grave social systems and, 104; defining, 24, 77–78, 80; economic, 8, 85–86, 89–90, 98, 100, 102, 104–5, 108, 111, 113, 136, 177, 183–85, 203, 233–34, 240, 244, 248, 261, 293; environmental, 38, 56, 59, 62, 65, 69, 71, 76, 112–13, 233; fairness and, 115; government debt and, 102, 104–12; growth and, 53, 57, 80–86, 89–90, 98, 100; Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) and, 36; kinds of, 25; social, 54, 71, 79, 114–16, 143, 151, 233, 237

Sweden, 141, 143, 172, 251

Switzerland, 125

Tabellini, Guido, 136

tacit knowledge, 166

taxes, 3, 12, 15; business investment and, 295; fairness and, 123, 127–28, 131, 135–36, 144; Golden Rule for, 93; increased future, 286–87; happiness and, 22–25, 40, 43; inequality and, 115–16, 123, 127–28, 131, 135–36; infrastructure spending and, 93; luxury goods and, 23; Medicare and, 93–94; nature and, 62, 71; pension burden and, 92–95; policy recommendations for, 279, 282–86, 289–90, 293–97; posterity and, 85–91, 94, 99, 103–5, 111–13; Social Security and, 93–94; thrift education and, 294–95; trust and, 171–76, 182, 191, 203; values and, 229, 235, 245, 248, 258; wasteful spending and, 23; welfare burden and, 92–95

technology: access to, 36; Boskin Commission and, 37; call centers and, 131, 133, 161; cities and, 165–70; computers and, 156; consumer electronics and, 36–37; cultural suspicion of growth and, 26–29; data explosion and, 205, 291; decreased cost of, 254; electrification and, 155–56; electronic monitoring, 252–53; e-mail, 252; Enlightenment and, 7; fairness and, 116, 131–34, 137; faxes, 252; fractal character of, 134; general purpose, 157; globalization and, 7, 160–65; governance and, 173–77; growth and, 268, 270–77, 287–93, 297; Gutenberg press, 7; happiness and, 24–25, 35–37, 44, 53–54; impact of, 7–8, 24–25, 35, 37, 252–54; Industrial Revolution and, 27, 149, 290, 297; innovation and, 6–8 (see also innovation); institutions and, 244–46, 251–54, 257–63; Internet, 155, 195, 245, 260, 273, 287–89, 291, 296; labor and, 132; measurement and, 181–85, 188–91, 194–201, 204–6; Moore’s Law and, 156; music industry and, 194–98; nature and, 69–72, 76–77, 80, 84; new energy, 6; online empowerment and, 287–88, 296; policy recommendations for, 268, 270, 273–77, 287–93, 297; politics and, 7–8, 16–17, 288–89; posterity and, 107; productivity and, 107–8, 157–59, 268; public domain and, 196; reinvention and, 14; Renaissance