This paper analyzes the theoretical and empirical links between inequality in human development on the one hand and sustainability on the other. It specifically looks at causality in both directions. Inequality in various dimensions of human development is analyzed with respect to both weak and...

The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) is supposed to provide a more reliable indictor for both sustainability and welfare than gross national product (GNP). In this article, I argue first that the ISEWs lack a sound theoretical foundation. I show second that their conclusions are...