Valuing the earth: economics, ecology, ethics
Introduction / Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend -- Introduction to Essays toward a steady-state economy / Herman E. Daly -- I. Ecology : ultimate means and biophysical constraints. Introduction / Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend -- Why isn't everyone as scared as we are? / Paul R....
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
MIT Press
1993
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| In: | Year: 1993 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Environmental protection
/ Ecology
/ Economic ethics
/ Environmental policy
B Human ecology / Environmental policy / Economic development |
| Further subjects: | B
Steady-State-Ökonomie
B Umweltökonomik B Collection of essays B Human Ecology Moral and ethical aspects B Economic growth B Theory B Environmental Ethics B Environment B Economic Development Environmental aspects B Environmental Policy Moral and ethical aspects |
| Summary: | Introduction / Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend -- Introduction to Essays toward a steady-state economy / Herman E. Daly -- I. Ecology : ultimate means and biophysical constraints. Introduction / Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend -- Why isn't everyone as scared as we are? / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich -- Availability, entropy, and the laws of thermodynamics / Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, and John P. Holdren -- The entropy law and the economic problem / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen -- Selections from "Energy and economic myths" / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen -- Exponential growth as a transient phenomenon in human history / M. King Hubbert -- The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin -- Second thoughts on "The tragedy of the commons" / Garrett Hardin -- II. Ethics : the ultimate end and value constraints. Introduction / Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend -- The age of plenty : a Christian view / E.F. Schumacher -- Buddhist economics / E.F. Schumacher -- The purpose of wealth : a historical perspective / Gerald Alonzo Smith -- Ecology, ethics, and theology / John Cobb -- The abolition of man / C.S. Lewis -- III. Economics : interaction of ends and means. Introduction / Herman E. Daly and Kenneth N. Townsend -- On economics as a life science / Herman E. Daly -- Sustainable growth : an impossibility theorem / Herman E. Daly -- Steady-state economies and the command economy / Kenneth N. Townsend -- The economics of the coming Spaceship Earth / Kenneth E. Boulding -- Spaceship Earth revisited / Kenneth E. Boulding -- Using economic incentives to maintain our environment / T.H. Tietenberg -- The steady-state economy : toward a political economy of biophysical equilibrium and moral growth / Herman E. Daly -- Postscript : some common misunderstandings and further issues concerning a steady-state economy / Herman E. Daly |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| Physical Description: | X, 387 S., graph. Darst., 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-04133-1 978-0-262-54068-1 0-262-04133-2 0-262-54068-1 |
