The New Environmental Economics: Sustainability and Justice

by Éloi Laurent

Book Overview

Too often, economics disassociates humans from nature, the economy from the biosphere that contains it, and sustainability from fairness. When economists do engage with environmental issues, they typically reduce their analysis to a science of efficiency that leaves aside issues of distributional analysis and justice.

The aim of this lucid textbook is to provide a framework that prioritizes human well-being within the limits of the biosphere,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509533818
• ISBN13: 9781509533817
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"