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Book SynopsisDemonstrates that the claim that neoclassical economics is a science comparable to the physical sciences is totally bogus and that our failure to recognize and deal with this fact constitutes the greatest single barrier to the timely resolution of the crisis in the global environment.
Trade ReviewOf 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
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Spaceship Earth: Homo economicus and the Environmental Crisis 2. The Not So Worldly Philosophers: Metaphysics, Newtonian Physics, and Classical Economics 3. The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Neoclassical Economists and Mid-Nineteenth Century Physics 4. No Free Lunch: Mainstream Economics and Globalization 5. A Green Thumb on the Invisible Hand: Environmental Economics 6. Schisms, Heresies, and Keeping the Faith: Ecological Economics 7. The Real Economy in Biology: Emergence and a New View of Order 8. The Real Economy in Physics: Cosmic Connections 9. Toward a New Theory of Economics: The Costs of Doing Business in the Global Environment 10. The Ceremony of Innocence: Science, Ethics, and the Environmental Crisis
