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To Understand Economics, It Is Crucial To Define Wealth, And Understand How It Is Created, Destroyed, Stored And Managed. This Edited Volume Assembles High-quality Contributions Defining Key Concepts And Addressing Economic And Policy Issues Around National Wealth. The Political Economy Of National Statistics / Diane Coyle -- A Tight Connection Among Wealth, Income, Sustainability, And Accounting In An Ultra-simplified Setting / Martin L. Weitzman -- Wealth And Happiness / Claudia Senik -- A Sustainable Century? Genuine Savings In Developing And Developed Countries, 1900-2000 / Matthias Blum, Cristián Ducoing, And Eoin Mclaughlin -- Household Wealth Trends In The Us, 1983 To 2010 / Edward N. Wolff -- Historical Wealth Accounts For Britain: Progress And Puzzles In Measuring The Sustainability Of Economic Growth / Eoin Mclaughlin, Nick Hanley, David Greasely, Jan Kunnas, Les Oxley, And Paul Warde -- Wealth, Top Incomes, And Inequality / Frank Cowell, Brian Nolan, Javier Olivera, And Philippe Van Kern -- Wealth Creation And The Entrepreneurial State / Mariana Mazzucato -- Recording Environmental Assets In The National Accounts And The Australian Experience / Carl Obst And Michael Vardon -- Human Capital, Tangible Wealth, And The Intangible Capital Residual / Kirk Hamilton And Gang Liu -- Social Capital, Trust, And Well-being In The Evaluation Of Wealth / Kirk Hamilton, John F. Helliwell, And Michael Woolcock -- Infrastructure: Political Economy Of Wealth Creation / Michael Klein -- Cities, Wealth, And The Era Of Urbanization / Dimitri Zenghelis -- Wealth And Sustainability / Kirk Hamilton And John Hartwick -- Sustainable Economic Growth And The Role Of Natural Capital / Dieter Helm -- Finance, Wealth, Technological Innovation, And Regulation / Colin Mayer -- The Economics Of Sovereign Wealth Funds / Rolando Ossowski And Håvard Halland -- Sustainable Management Of Natural Resource Wealth / Rick Van Der Ploeg. Kirk Hamilton And Cameron Hepburn. This Edition Previously