Ecological economics and the ecology of economics : essays in criticism / Herman E. Daly.
"In this controversial new book Herman Daly, a leading commentator on the environment, offers lively criticism of existing work on ecological economics and the economics of ecology. The theme throughout the book is about changes in perspective, attitudes and policies required to avoid uneconomi...
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Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA :
E. Elgar,
℗♭1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. On the roots of error in growth economics. Boundless bull ; Uneconomic growth: in theory, in fact, in history, and in relation to globalization
- Part II. On some specific errors in growth economics. Ultimate confusion: the economics of Julian Simon ; Free market environmentalism: turning a good servant into a bad master ; Review of Wilfred Beckerman's Small is stupid: blowing the whistle on the greens ; Farewell lecture to the World Bank ; Review of Martin W. Lewis's Green delusions: an environmentalist critique of radical environmentalism
- Part III. On economists' misunderstanding of thermodynamics. Georgescu-Roegen versus Solow/Stiglitz ; Reply to Solow/Stiglitz ; A note on neoclassical production theory and alchemy ; Thermodynamic and economic concepts as related to resource-use policies: comment ; Comment: Is the entropy law relevant to the economics of natural resource scarcity?
- Yes, of course it is!
- Part IV. On economic development and population. Population growth and economic development: policy questions
- a review ; Chicago School individualism versus sexual reproduction: a critique of Becker and Tomes
- Part V. On globalization as growth economics' last gasp. Free trade, sustainable development and growth: some serious contradictions
- a review ; Review of Dani Rodrik's Has globalization gone too far?
- Part VI. On money. Money, debt, and wealth
- Part VII. On purpose. Review of Edward O. Wilson's On human nature ; Beginning again on purpose: review of David Ehrenfeld's Beginning again: people and nature in the new millennium ; The cosmic purpose.