Wealth, Well-being and Value(s): A Proposition of Structuring Concepts for a (real) Transdisciplinary Dialogue within Ecological Economics

Ali Douai

Cahiers du GRES from Groupement de Recherches Economiques et Sociales

Abstract: This paper provides theoretical tools for discussing some aspects of the nature’s value controversy within Ecological Economics. It is argued that the critical stance of ‘incommensurability of values’ can be reinforced with key insights coming from a political economy of wealth inspired by Ricardo and Marx. Having dismissed any reference to the idea of economic value for non-market goods, it remains to outline the role of notions of utility, welfare and interest for giving a richer model of the human actor in a transdisciplinary perspective.

Keywords: Ecological Economics; value; political economy; wealth; well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q51 Q57 B10 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007

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