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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Contributors: Daly, Herman E. 1938-2022 (Editor) ; Townsend, Kenneth N. 1955- (Other) ; Boulding, Kenneth Ewart 1910-1993 (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] MIT Press 1993
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
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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
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISBN:0262041332