the Most Important Person You've Never Heard Of' - The New York Times'partha Dasgupta Provides The Compass We Urgently Need. By Bringing Economics And Ecology Together, We Can Help Save The Natural World At What May Be The Last Minute - And In Doing So, Save Ourselves.' - David Attenborough'this Is The Best Book In Economics For A General Reader Since Adam Smith's The Wealth Of Nations.' - Paul R Ehrlich'imagine A Football Team Which Measures Its Success Only On The Basis Of The Goals It Scores And Doesn't Count The Goals It Concedes. That Football Team Could Be Losing Right Through Without Recognising It.'for As Long As They Have Existed, Our Economic Models Have Served Us An Incomplete Picture.the Models And Metrics Tells Us That Our Economies Are Healthy Because They Are Growing.