Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival, Second Edition (Ecological Economics Series (International Society for Ecological Economics).)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Most people love nature and consider themselves environmentalists, but nature isn't just pretty and lovable, it is indispensable to our survival and economic activity. That is the most compelling reason for environmental protection.The conventional economic wisdom views land (natural capital) as a small part of the economy, along with capital, labor, technology and so on. The authors argue that this is backwards: that the economy nests within the environment (land) and not the other way around. The authors give a brief history of the origins of conventional economic wisdom and critiqu...
ISBN(s)
1566703980, 9781566703987
