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Steady-State Economics

Second Edition With New Essays
  • ISBN-13: 9781559630719
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Herman E. Daly
  • Price: AUD $128.00
  • Stock: 3 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/06/1991
  • Format: Paperback (100.00mm X 100.00mm) 319 pages Weight: 540g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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First published in 1977, this volume caused a sensation because of Daly's radical view that ""enough is best."" Today, his ideas are recognized as the key to sustainable development, and Steady-State Economics is universally acknowledged as the leading book on the economics of sustainability.
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
 
PART I. The Steady-State Economy
Chapter 1. An Overview of the Issues
Chapter 2. The Concept of a Steady-State Economy
Chapter 3. Institutions for a Steady-State Economy
Chapter 4. Efficiency in the Steady-State Economy
 
PART II. The Growth Debate
Chapter 5. A Catechism of Growth Fallacies
Chapter 6. Energy and the Growth Debate
Chapter 7. Developing Economies and the Steady State
Chapter 8. Conclusion: On Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth
 
PART III. Further Essays in the Economics of Sustainability
Chapter 9. The Steady-State Economy: Alternative to Growthmania
Chapter 10. The Circular Flow of Exchange Value and the Linear Throughput of Matter-energy: A Case of Misplaced Concreteness
Chapter 11. Alternative Strategies for Integrating Economics and Ecology
Chapter 12. The Economic Growth Debate: What Some Economists Have Learned, But Many Have Not
Chapter 13. Sustainable Development: From Concept and Theory toward Operational Principles
 
PART IV. The Debate Continues: Reviews and Critiques \ Herman E. Daly
Chapter 14. Review of the Ultimate Resource
Chapter 15. Review of Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions
Chapter 16. Thermodynamic and Economic Concepts as Related to Resource-Use Policies: Comment
Chapter 17. A. N. Whitehead's Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness: Examples from Economics
 
Index
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