Ecological economics for the anthropocene : an emerging paradigm / / edited by Peter G. Brown and Peter Timmerman

• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Ecology - Economic aspects; Environmental economics
• Persona (resp. second.): BrownPeter G.; TimmermanPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD / Erickson, Jon D. -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Unfinished Journey of Ecological Economics / Brown, Peter G. / Timmerman, Peter -- PART I. Proposed Ethical Foundations of Ecological Economics -- 1. The Ethics of Re-Embedding Economics in the Real: Case Studies / Timmerman, Peter -- 2. Ethics for Economics in the Anthropocene / Brown, Peter G. -- 3. Justice Claims Underpinning Ecological Economics / Janda, Richard / Lehun, Richard -- PART II. Measurements: Understanding and Mapping Where We Are -- 4. Measurement of Essential Indicators in Ecological Economics / Goldberg, Mark S. / Garver, Geoffrey -- 5. Boundaries and Indicators / Garver, Geoffrey / Goldberg, Mark S. -- 6. Revisiting the Metaphor of Human Health for Assessing Ecological Systems and Its Application to Ecological Economics / Goldberg, Mark S. / Garver, Geoffrey / Mayo, Nancy E. -- 7. Following in Aldo Leopold's Footsteps / Lin, Qi Feng / Fyles, James W. -- PART III. Implications: Steps Toward Realizing an Ecological Economy -- 8. Toward an Ecological Macroeconomics / Victor, Peter A. / Jackson, Tim -- 9. New Corporations for an Ecological Economy: A Case Study / Janda, Richard / Duguay, Philip / Lehun, Richard -- 10. Ecological Political Economy and Liberty / Jennings, Bruce -- 11. A New Ethos, a New Discourse, a New Economy / Harvey, Janice -- CONCLUSION. Continuing the Journey of Ecological Economics -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecological economics for the anthropocene
• ISBN: 0-231-54042-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826774603321
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