Background
Torras, Mariano was born on August 26, 1965 in New York, New York, United States. Son of César Augusto and Sile Elizabeth Torras.
(This book breaks new ground by accounting for the welfare...)
This book breaks new ground by accounting for the welfare implications of both severe inequality and environmental degradation and developing a sustainable development indicator that incorporates changes over time in each of these dimensions. The model is applied to data from Brazil spanning the 1965 -1998 period. The book's findings cast significant doubt on the proposition that rapid economic growth in Brazil has resulted in comparable welfare gains. The evidence presented more generally illustrates the often unsustainable nature of rapid GDP growth phases, as well as the general unreliability of GDP growth as an indicator of well-being improvement. The specific policy implication is that Brazil should discontinue - or at least severely curtail - the regressive and resource intensive economic policies it has followed in recent decades in the interest of welfare improvement not only for the poorer groups in society, but for future generations of Brazilians as well.
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Torras, Mariano was born on August 26, 1965 in New York, New York, United States. Son of César Augusto and Sile Elizabeth Torras.
Bachelor of Science in Finance, New York University, 1988. Master of Arts in International Political Economy Development, Fordham University, 1993. Master of Arts in Economics, University Massachusetts, 1995.
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Massachusetts, 2000.
Defined contribution technical Corroon & Black, Stamford, Connecticut, 1989—1990. Benefits analyst Williams, Thecher & Rand, New York, 1990—1991. Research assistant Fordham University, Bronx, 1992—1993.
Teaching assistant economics University Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1994—1996, lecturer economics, 1997. Adjunct professor economics New York University, New York, 1998. Assistant professor economics Adelphi University, Garden City, since 1999.
Consultant Rendazzo & Giffords, Inc., Great Neck, New York, since 2001.
(This book breaks new ground by accounting for the welfare...)
Parent representative School Leadership Team Public School 39, Brooklyn, since 2003.
Married Athena Demetra Spelios, June 26, 1993. Children: Teseo Lukas, Lisandro Dionisio.