A Critique of Ecological Economics
While I praise ecological economics for its environmental strengths, I point to several areas that I believe are weak or erroneous. Specifically, I critically examine the fields historical vision, its perspective on capitalism, its use of the term natural capital, its interpretations of value and cost, and its definition of optimal scale.
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Comments on my views by USSEE members – either publicly on YouTube or privately by email – are welcome.
Frank Rotering [Independent Economic Thinker]
Vancouver, Canada