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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Nadeau |
ISBN: | 0231127987 9780231127981 0231127995 9780231127998 |
OCLC Number: | 50906006 |
Description: | xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Homo Economicus and the environmental crisis -- Metaphysics, Newtonian Physics, and classical economics -- The Neoclassical economists and mid-nineteenth century physics -- Mainstream economics and globalization -- Environmental economics -- Ecological economics -- Emergence and a new view of order -- Cosmic connections -- The costs of doing business in the global environment -- Science, ethics, and the environmental crisis. |
Series Title: | Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central. |
Responsibility: | Robert L. Nadeau. |
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Of inputs, outputs, and invisible hands: a prolegomenon to a future economics that takes environmental costs fully into account... there's a new accountant in town, and he's counting megawatts and felled forests. Kirkus Reviews This well-annotated, scholarly treatment of a dense subject is written in a lively style. Publisher's Weekly The Wealth of Nature makes a convincing case that there is no logic in assuming that neoclassical economics can account for the environmental impacts of economic activities or indeed find economic solutions to environmental problems... The book has already been acclaimed as 'an important book on a critical issue' that will help readers to understand the weakness of much of the argument that surrounds conventional economic thinking. -- J. N. R. Jeffers International Journal of Sustainable Development A valuable and very timely book, one that should be read by anyone interested in economics and ecology in our rapidly changing global economy. -- Dale Toweill Science Books & Films ...effective introductions to vitally important topics notoriously difficult to do justice to... -- Zoe Young Times Literary Supplement (Economics) The connections he makes between economies and the natural sciences are as fascintating as they are inspired. His ideas are unique, packed with substance, and bundled together with persuasive arguments. -- Todd Wellnitz Ecology This author is to be applauded for...initiating what should be a new conciliatory dialogue on economics and the environment -- Christopher P. Dunn Quarterly Review of Biology Read more...


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