A Critical Introduction to the Economics of Sustainability

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This book explores the various schools of thought which have endeavored to understand the interactions between technological development economic growth and the movement of material and energy through biological and social systems. Examining both economic thought and technological development through a historical lens Brett Caraway sheds light on the relationship between patterns of economic growth and innovation on the one hand and escalating environmental and ecological crises on the other hand. The book is organized into two parts. In the first part Caraway surveys the major theoretical frameworks and analytical approaches to the study of the linkages among value economic growth technolo…