Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Dr. David V. Gibson -- Preface -- Introduction -- The economic & social policy of nations : achievements & failures -- The theory of economic & social policy reconsidered -- Rating country performance by frontier analysis -- The beginnings -- Decent work -- A fair globalization -- Nested decision trees -- Competitiveness -- Disequilibrium and chaos -- A Geneva Consensus / by Ruzanna Tarverdyan -- Beyond GDP -- Beyond the Washington Consensus -- Toward a sustainable globalization -- Remembering times past and honoring four great scholars / by Sten Thore -- Preface -- Jan tinbergen -- Abe charnes -- W. w. cooper -- Ilya prigogine -- References -- Index.