Valuing the Earth, second edition: Economics, Ecology, EthicsHerman E. Daly, Kenneth N. Townsend MIT Press, 1992 M11 24 - 399 páginas Valuing the Earth collects more than twenty classic and recent essays that broaden economic thinking by setting the economy in its proper ecological and ethical context. They vividly demonstrate that, contrary to current macroeconomic preoccupations, continued growth on a planet of finite resources cannot be physically or economically sustained and is morally undesirable. Among the issues addressed are population growth, resource use, pollution, theology (east and west), energy, and economic growth. Their common theme is the notion, popular with classical economists from Malthus to Mill, that an economic stationary state is more healthful to life on earth than unlimited growth. A number of essays in the first edition have become classics and have been retained for this edition, which adds six new essays. Contributors |
Contenido
Why Isnt Everyone as Scared as We Are? | 55 |
Availability Entropy and the Laws of Thermodynamics | 69 |
The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem | 75 |
Selections from Energy and Economic Myths | 89 |
Exponential Growth as a Transient Phenomenon in Human History | 113 |
The Tragedy of the Commons | 127 |
Second Thoughts on The Tragedy of the Commons | 145 |
Ethics The Ultimate End and Value Constraints | 153 |
The Abolition of Man | 229 |
Economics Interaction of Ends and Means | 243 |
Introduction | 245 |
On Economics as a Life Science | 249 |
Sustainable Growth An Impossibility Theorem | 267 |
SteadyState Economies and the Command Economy | 275 |
The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth | 297 |
Spaceship Earth Revisited | 311 |
Introduction | 155 |
The Age of Plenty A Christian View | 159 |
Buddhist Economics | 173 |
The Purpose of Wealth A Historical Perspective | 183 |
Ecology Ethics and Theology | 211 |
Using Economic Incentives to Maintain Our Environment | 315 |
The SteadyState Economy Toward a Political Economy of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth | 325 |
Postscript Some Common Misunderstandings and Further Issues Concerning a SteadyState Economy | 365 |
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Valuing the Earth, second edition: Economics, Ecology, Ethics Herman E. Daly,Kenneth N. Townsend Sin vista previa disponible - 1992 |
Valuing the Earth, second edition: Economics, Ecology, Ethics Herman E. Daly,Kenneth N. Townsend Sin vista previa disponible - 1992 |
Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics Herman E. Daly,Kenneth Neal Townsend Sin vista previa disponible - 1993 |