From Bioeconomics to DeGrowth: Georgescu-Roegen's 'New Economies' in Eight Essays, Mauro Bonaiuti (Eds.). 2011, Routledge, London, ISBN: 9780415587006, (296 pp.)

摘要

Why did Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen (G-R) not accept the invitation to become a member of the ISEE or join its editorial board? Why did G-R denounce Robert Costanza and write that "sustainable development" is "a more beguiling snake oil than the steady state" (p. 236)? These are two extremely significant matters for readers of this journal that are explained in this collection of eight essays on bioeconomics, a selection of correspondence, and a complete bibliography of his writings, as well as two substantial, insightful, and intellectually challenging chapters by the editor that trace his personal and intellectual history and extend G-R's analysis of complex systems while also examining long-run dynamics of the Western European economies to reflect on the possibilities of their continuity