Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics: Essays in Criticism

by Herman E. Daly

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In this controversial 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 uneconomic growth - that is, the impoverishment that results when the environmental and social costs of growth exceed the benefits.Key issues addressed include: * growth economics* misunderstandings of show more thermodynamics* economic development and population* globalization * money* humans in the ecosystem.This major new book will be of interest to economists, ecologists, environmentalists, public policy scholars and activists as well as social philosophers. show less

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Herman E. Daly
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Herman E. Daly is Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, USA.

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Economics, Nonfiction, Business
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333.7 — Society, government, & culture Economics Economics of land and energy Conservation, Alternative Energy Sources
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HC79 .E5 .D3243 — Social sciences Economic history and conditions Economic history and conditions Special topics
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