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From Bioeconomics to Degrowth Georgescu-Roegen's 'New Economics' in Eight Essays
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296 Pages
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Routledge
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Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's (1906-94) most original contribution is his bioeconomic theory. Based on a profound rethinking of the foundations of neoclassical economics, bioeconomics represents a completely new paradigm compared to both the standard and the Marxist approach. Opening economics to natural sciences led Georgescu-Roegen to point out the bio-physical limits to growth. In the last years... Read more
1. Introduction Mauro Bonaiuti 2. The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem 3. Energy and Economic Myths 4. The Steady State and the Ecological Salvation: A Thermodynamic Analysis 5. Inequality, Limits and Growth from a Bioeconomic Viewpoint 6. Energy Analysis and Economic Valuation 7. Bioeconomics and Ethics 8. Feasible Recipes Versus Viable Technologies 9. Quo Vadis Homo Sapiens-sapiens 10. From Bioeconomics to Degrowth Mauro Bonaiuti
Biography
Mauro Bonaiuti is one of the first scholars to devote his research to the field of sustainable degrowth and is also considered one of the major experts on Georgescu-Roegen. At present he is teaching at the University of Turin, Italy.
