| The Economics of Sustainability Contributor(s): Pezzey, John C. V. (Author), Toman, Michael a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754621774 ISBN-13: 9780754621775 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $277.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 338.927 |
| LCCN: 00050269 |
| Series: International Library of Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Physical Information: (1.94 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before the late 1980s, when the ideas of sustainability and sustainable development to the forefront of public debate, conventional, neo-classical economic thinking about development and growth had rarely given any consideration to the needs of future generations, or the sustainability of natural resource use. Defining sustainability broadly as intergenerational fairness in the long-term decision making of a whole society, and using established economic concepts, this selection of refereed journal articles brings a famously ill-defined concept into sharp focus, providing academics at all levels with a formidable research tool. Spanning thirty years of the most important philosophical, theoretical and empirical contributions from both critics and defenders of neo-classical assumptions and methods of economic analysis, this focused collection of papers constitutes a unique, balanced resource on the full range of intellectual debates surrounding the economics of sustainability. |