Towards an integrated paradigm in heterodox economics : alternative approaches to the current eco-social crises, Edited By Julien-François Gerber, Harvard University, Rolf Steppacher, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

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Towards an integrated paradigm in heterodox economics : alternative approaches to the current eco-social crises, Edited By Julien-François Gerber, Harvard University, Rolf Steppacher, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

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alternative approaches to the current eco-social crises

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Edited By Julien-François Gerber, Harvard University, Rolf Steppacher, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

Instantiates

• Towards an integrated paradigm in heterodox economics : alternative approaches to the current eco-social crises

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• New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references

Contents

• Introduction
• Integration and ecological economics
• Approaches to integration
• Kapp's integrative proposal
• Ecological economics: a movement in three camps
• Conclusions
• 2.
• The Fog of Economics
• Robert U. Ayres
• The current and continuing crisis
• Machine generated contents note:
• Gaps in neoclassical theory
• The missing link: energy
• 3.
• New Narratives for Sustainability: The Red Pill for Economists
• Kozo Mayumi
• How good is current understanding of the sustainability predicament?
• Understanding Soddy's prophecy to avoid falling into the era of ̀Ponzi scheme economics'
• The understated biophysical reality: the peak oil and the metabolic pattern of modern societies
• The red pill prescribed for economists
• Conclusion
• The aim of the book: a contribution towards the integration of heterodox thinking
• 4.
• Social Metabolism, Environmental Cost-Shifting and Valuation Languages
• Joan Martinez-Alier
• Introduction
• The environmentalism of the poor
• Varieties of environmentalism
• Two women from Ecuador
• Social metabolism
• Conclusion
• 5.
• The foundation of ecological and critical institutional economics
• Meanings and Significance of Property with Reference to Today's Three Major Eco-Institutional Crises
• Julien-Francois Gerber
• Introduction
• The differentiation between property and possession as a key point of integration
• Centering property and possession on three major crises: some preliminary considerations
• Conclusion
• 6.
• An Institutional and Evolutionary Critique of Natural Capital
• John M. Gowdy
• Introduction
• The need for integration in heterodox economics: the relevance of K.W. Kapp
• Capital and natural capital
• Natural capital and the boundary of economic analysis
• Veblen's institutional critique of capital
• Bringing biophysical foundations back into ecological economics
• Merging human economy and human ecology
• 7.
• From Utilitarianism to Evolution in Ecological Economics
• Geoffrey M. Hodgson
• From neoclassical self-interest to morality and need
• In search of an overarching analytical framework
• Some key integrative concepts: summary of the chapters
• Using evolutionary thinking to connect economic and ecological values
• Conclusion
• 8.
• Economics: The Dismal Science?
• Stephen A. Marglin
• 9.
• Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy
• Herman E. Daly
• 10.
• Global Poverty and Financial Crisis: Are We Trapped in an Obsolete Economic Order?
• 1.
• Daniel W. Bromley
• The setting
• The financial crisis of 2007
• The perpetuation of world poverty
• Are we trapped in an obsolete economic order?
• A few further reflections
• Towards the Integration of Social, Economic and Ecological Knowledge
• Clive L. Spash

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ocn748328655

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23 cn

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xvi, 235 p.

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9780230303584

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(hardback)

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2011048632

Record ID

.b24512850

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(OCoLC)748328655