...Pollyanna Rhee The article uses the ascendance of “quality of life” in the 1970s to underscore the connected development of the critique of economic growth and the rise of interest in environmental issues. In his 1970 State of the Union address, US president Richard Nixon proclaimed...

... are equivalent to toxic drugs; they are the most economically damaging as they drain public and private wealth. 9 Worse, such corruption subverts law and order, deterring investors, local businesses, foreign aid donors, and tourists. democracy economic growth measures influence peddling bribery...