The Resource The wealth of nature : how mainstream economics has failed the environment, Robert L. Nadeau
The wealth of nature : how mainstream economics has failed the environment, Robert L. Nadeau
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- Summary
- Virtually all large-scale damage to the global environment is caused by economic activities, and the vast majority of economic planners in both business and government coordinate these activities on the basis of guidelines and prescriptions from neoclassical economic theory. In this hard-hitting book, Robert Nadeau demonstrates 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 envir
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction; 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: Emerence 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 Environment10. The Ceremony of Innocence: Science, Ethics, and the Environmental Crisis; Notes; Index
- Isbn
- 9780231507769
- Label
- The wealth of nature : how mainstream economics has failed the environment
- Title
- The wealth of nature
- Title remainder
- how mainstream economics has failed the environment
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert L. Nadeau
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects
- Electronic books
- Globalization -- Economic aspects
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics
- Globalization -- Environmental aspects
- Globalization -- Environmental aspects
- NATURE -- Natural Resources
- Globalization -- Economic aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Virtually all large-scale damage to the global environment is caused by economic activities, and the vast majority of economic planners in both business and government coordinate these activities on the basis of guidelines and prescriptions from neoclassical economic theory. In this hard-hitting book, Robert Nadeau demonstrates 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 envir
- Cataloging source
- COCUF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nadeau, Robert
- Dewey number
- 333.7
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD75.6
- LC item number
- .N345 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Economic development
- Globalization
- Globalization
- Economic development
- Globalization
- Globalization
- NATURE
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Economic development
- Globalization
- Globalization
- Label
- The wealth of nature : how mainstream economics has failed the environment, Robert L. Nadeau
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Introduction; 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: Emerence 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 Environment10. The Ceremony of Innocence: Science, Ethics, and the Environmental Crisis; Notes; Index
- Control code
- ocn216947045
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231507769
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 10.7312/nade12798
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
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- 22573/cttgrrtz
- 166FDBB4-AB93-4378-9642-79A4CB9ECFF4
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o216947045
- (OCoLC)216947045
- Label
- The wealth of nature : how mainstream economics has failed the environment, Robert L. Nadeau
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction; 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: Emerence 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 Environment10. The Ceremony of Innocence: Science, Ethics, and the Environmental Crisis; Notes; Index
- Control code
- ocn216947045
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231507769
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.7312/nade12798
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
-
- 22573/cttgrrtz
- 166FDBB4-AB93-4378-9642-79A4CB9ECFF4
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o216947045
- (OCoLC)216947045
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects
- Economic development -- Environmental aspects
- Electronic books
- Globalization -- Economic aspects
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics
- Globalization -- Environmental aspects
- Globalization -- Environmental aspects
- NATURE -- Natural Resources
- Globalization -- Economic aspects
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