Rethinking the environment

Robert H. Scott

Chapter 17 in A Modern Guide to Rethinking Economics, 2017, pp 319-336 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter discusses how ecological economics contains the perspective needed to align the interests of the economy with the limitations of the natural environment. This approach differs from the anthropocentric neoclassical environmental economics that adheres to traditional microeconomic analysis for thinking about natural resources, pollution and measuring economic progress. Our biosphere is under immense strain: a growing world population, climate change, water pollution and many other current and impending environmental challenges. Achieving a steady-state economy can alleviate some of the pressures living on a finite planet put on the biosphere while promoting economic security and advancement.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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