Econ 101—In need of a sustainability transition

Inge Røpke

Ecological Economics, 2020, vol. 169, issue C

Abstract: Ecological economics was one of the first of a number of scientific communities to develop transdisciplinary understandings of the sustainability challenges faced by society. As a field with economics in its name, ecological economics differs from the other communities and should face the particular task of contributing to the development of a new economics. For economics to promote sustainability transitions, it is not enough to call for more pluralism. A new basic structure of economic knowledge should be developed in order to provide the foundation for a sustainability transition to Econ 101. This paper argues that the performativity of economics needs to change and proposes a way of structuring Econ 101.

Keywords: Sustainability transition; Econ 101; New economics; Pluralism; Heterodox economics; Performativity; Boulding award (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106515

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