| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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Towards the integration of social, economic and ecological knowledge / Clive L. Spash -- The fog of economics / Robert U. Ayres -- New narratives for sustainability : the red pill for economists / Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi -- Social metabolism, environmental cost-shifting and valuation languages / Joan Martínez-Alier -- Meanings and significance of property with reference to today's three major eco-institutional crises / Rolf Steppacher and Julien-François Gerber -- An institutional and evolutionary critique of natural capital / Lisi Krall and John M. Gowdy -- From utilitarianism to evolution in ecological economics / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- Economics : the dismal science? / Stephen A. Marglin -- Moving from a failed growth economy to a steady-state economy / Herman E. Daly -- Global poverty and financial crisis : are we trapped in an obsolete economic order? / Daniel W. Bromley |
| Summary |
Since the thermo-industrial revolution the human imprint on the Biosphere has become so important that some scientists speak of a new geological era, the 'Anthropocene.' The current financial, social and energy crises need tobe understood in this irreversible context, and require a new kind of economic thinking. Conventional theory and practice has failed to take account of the scale and significance of this unparalleled historical situation. This book examines the rich intellectual traditions of heterodox economics - particularly ecological and critical institutional economics - toprovide guidelines for an alternative paradigm for thisnew age. The authors develop key integrative concepts such as social metabolism, value pluralism, evolution and community, gathering together some of the world's foremost heterodox economists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-228) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kapp, K. William (Karl William), 1910-1976.
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| SUBJECT |
Kapp, K. William (Karl William), 1910-1976 fast |
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Ecology -- Economic aspects.
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Institutional economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Ecology -- Economic aspects
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Institutional economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gerber, Julien-François, editor
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Steppacher, Rolf, editor
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| ISBN |
9780230361850 |
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0230361854 |
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