... the centrality of moral sensibility to any realistic depiction of the economy and its workings. Pollyanna Rhee’s article takes as its focus the debate about “quality of life” that emerged during the 1970s. It explores how President Nixon anticipated marked economic growth at the start of the decade...

...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...