BEYOND UNECONOMIC GROWTH: ECONOMICS, EQUITY AND THE ECOLOGICAL PREDICAMENT
Book ID/图书代码： 04289517C00341
English Summary/英文概要： This engaging book brings together leading ecological economists to collectively present a definitive case for looking beyond economic growth as the sole panacea for the world’s ecological predicament. Grounded in physics, ecology, and the science of human behavior, contributors show how economic growth itself has become "uneconomic" and adds to a ravaging of both social and ecological cohesion.Guided by a clear moral vision that prioritizes sustainability and justice over profit, the authors provide a blueprint for an economy that replaces quantitative growth with qualitative improvement to enhance human welfare while restoring degraded ecosystems. They present solutions for many of today’s challenges, ranging from global climate change and biodiversity loss to natural resource depletion. This interdisciplinary work not only relates ecological economics theory to the most urgent predicaments of the contemporary world, but also pays tribute to the work of Herman Daly, a leading pioneer of modern ecological economics.Researchers and faculty studying and teaching ecological economics and environmental studies will find value in this unprecedented book. It will also be of interest to practitioners working to solve a variety of global environmental issues.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： *生态经济学、环境学研究必读
*关于现代生态经济学先锋赫尔曼·戴利思想观点、全面阐述生态经济学理论之作
*超越不经济的增长，是解决全球生态困境的万全之策
立足于物理学、生态学和人类行为学，作者阐述了经济增长自身是如何变成“不经济的”，并且如何加剧了对社会、生态凝聚力的破坏。
在成熟的道德视角下，人们 普遍认为可持续性和公平正义应当优先于利益。在此基础上，作者描绘了一幅经济蓝图，即质量提升将取代数量增加，从而在恢复已退化生态系统的同时增加人类福祉。针对当前面临的从全球气候变化、生物多样性损失到自然资源损耗的诸多问题，他们也提出了一些解决方案。这本跨学科著作不仅将生态经济学理论与当代世界最棘手的问题联系起来，还是对现代生态经济学先锋赫尔曼·戴利的致敬。
从事生态经济学研究和环境研究的相关人员将发现这本珍贵作品的价值。关注全球环境问题并致力于其解决的人员也将会对本书感兴趣。（DB)
Awards/获奖情况：’Beyond Uneconomic Growth is a fine collection of essays documenting, supporting, and building on the powerful contributions of Herman Daly to the field of ecological economics. Conventional economists focus on allocation, or efficiency, are only now becoming concerned again about distribution, and have yet to realize that the scale of the economy must be compatible with, i.e. significantly smaller than, the biophysical system. Ecological economists start with scale, are centrally concerned with distribution, or with who gets what, and only lastly are concerned with efficiency. Herman Daly set the stage on which ecological economists perform.’ --- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US
’Herman Daly is the greatest, and most under-appreciated, economist of our time. This volume, in which other economists and scientists whom he has influenced celebrate and discuss his work, is valuable both as an appreciation of, and as an introduction to the field of ecological economics-which Daly spearheaded. It is essential reading for anyone who desires a human economy that respects nature’s limits and can therefore be sustained far into the future.’ --- Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, US
’Daly’s contributions to the still emergent field of ecological economics are constant references for our peers throughout the developing world as well as in the North. His courageous tilting at the windmills of mainstream economic nonsense inspire us to continue questioning: in whose interests do we continue on a perpetual search for unlimited material satisfaction? Daly’s conception is not only of a world restricted by biophysical limits, but also one in which poverty and deprivation are commonplace, and where Sisyphean efforts to maintain accelerated economic growth only exacerbate inequitable distribution. His vision of sustainable economic welfare shed light on other aspects of our existence which make it worth living. Thanks to Farley, Rees, El Serafy, Goodland and other fellow travelers, we are bestowed with an excellent collection synthesizing Daly’s contributions to our work, which will inspire our youth and their children long after we too depart.’ --- Peter H. May, President, Brazilian Society for Ecological Economics (ECOECO)
About the Author/作者介绍： 乔舒亚·法利（Joshua Farley）
美国佛蒙特大学教授
迪帕克·马尔干（Deepak Malghan）
印度班加罗尔管理学院助理教授
Edited by Joshua Farley, Professor, University of Vermont, US and Deepak Malghan, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Format:HARDCOVER
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