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Marxism and Ecological Economics: Toward a Red and Green Political Economy

By Paul Burkett

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2006
ISBN
9789004148109, 9004148108
LCC
HC79.E5 B86 2006
Open Library ID
OL22743375M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1587768 bytes)
Series
Historical Materialism Book Series, 11
Pages
368\368
Topic
Economy
Library
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Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This book undertakes the first general assessment of ecological economics from a Marxist point of view, and shows how Marxist political economy can make a substantial contribution to ecological economics. The analysis is developed in terms of four basic issues: (1) nature and economic value; (2) the treatment of nature as capital; (3) the significance of the entropy law for economic systems; (4) the concept of sustainable development. In each case, it is shown that Marxism can help ecological economics fulfill its commitments to multi-disciplinarity, methodological pluralism, and historical openness. In this way, a foundation is constructed for a substantive dialogue between Marxists and ecological economists.

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