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Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene
An Emerging Paradigm
By: Peter Brown (Editor), Peter Timmerman (Editor)
Paperback | 1 September 2015 | Edition Number 1
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Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene provides an urgently needed alternative to the long-dominant neoclassical economic paradigm of the free market, which has focused myopically--even fatally--on the boundless production and consumption of goods and services without heed to environmental consequences. The emerging paradigm for ecological economics championed in this new book recenters the field of economics on the fact of the Earth's limitations, requiring a total reconfiguration of the goals of the economy, how we understand the fundamentals of human prosperity, and, ultimately, how we assess humanity's place in the community of beings.
Each essay in this volume contributes to an emerging, revolutionary agenda based on the tenets of ecological economics and advances new conceptions of justice, liberty, and the meaning of an ethical life in the era of the Anthropocene. Essays highlight the need to create alternative signals to balance one-dimensional market-price measurements in judging the relationships between the economy and the Earth's life-support systems. In a lively exchange, the authors question whether such ideas as "ecosystem health" and the environmental data that support them are robust enough to inform policy. Essays explain what a taking-it-slow or no-growth approach to economics looks like and explore how to generate the cultural and political will to implement this agenda. This collection represents one of the most sophisticated and realistic strategies for neutralizing the threat of our current economic order, envisioning an Earth-embedded society committed to the commonwealth of life and the security and true prosperity of human society.
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ISBN: 9780231173438
ISBN-10: 0231173431
Published: 1st September 2015
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 408
Audience: General Adult
For Ages: 22+ years old
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 22.61 x 15.3 x 2.2
Weight (kg): 0.56
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