Towards an Integrated Paradigm in Heterodox Economics: Alternative Approaches to the Current Eco-Social Crises [Paperback]

The human imprint on the biosphere has become so pronounced in recent years that there has been talk of a new geological era, the 'Anthropocene'. Gathering contributions from some of the world's foremost heterodox economists, this book explores the new economic directions?and?paradigms?that are required to respond to this crisis.The Integration of Social, Ecological and Economic Knowledge; C. Spash The Fog of Economics; R. Ayres New Narratives for Sustainability: The Red Pill for Economists; M. Giampietro & K. Mayumi Social Metabolism, Environmental Cost-Shifting and Valuation Languages; J. Martinez-Alier Meanings and Significance of Property with Reference to Today's Three Major Eco-Institutional Crises; R. Steppacher & J. Gerber An Institutional and Evolutionary Critique of Natural Capital; L. Krall & J. Gowdy From Utilitarianism to Evolution in Ecological Economics; G. Hodgson Economics: The Dismal Science? S. Marglin Moving from a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy; H. Daly Global Poverty and Financial Crisis: Are We Trapped in an Obsolete Economic Order? D. BromleyROBERT U. AYRES Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science and Technology Management at the Institut Europ?en D'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD), France DANIEL W. BROMLEY Anderson-Bascom Professor (Emeritus) of Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Visitng Professor at Humboldt University, Germany HERMAN E. DALY Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs, USA MARIO GIAMPETRO ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona, Spain JOHN M. GOWDY Rittenhouse Teaching Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA GEOFFREY M. HODGSON Research Professor of Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UK LISI KRALL Professor of Economics at the State UnlÃH