Ecological economics and institutional change

Ecological economics remains unfinished in its effort to provide a framework for transforming the economy so that it is compatible with biophysical limits. Great strides have been made in valuing natural capital and ecosystem services and recognizing the need to limit the scale of economic activity,...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2011-02, Vol.1219 (1), p.185-196
Main Authors: Krall, Lisi, Klitgaard, Kent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ecology
Economic activity
Economics
heterodox political economy
institutional economics
market system
social structure of accumulation
steady-state economy
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Summary:Ecological economics remains unfinished in its effort to provide a framework for transforming the economy so that it is compatible with biophysical limits. Great strides have been made in valuing natural capital and ecosystem services and recognizing the need to limit the scale of economic activity, but the question of how to effectively transform the economy to limit the scale of economic activity remains unclear. To gain clarity about the institutional changes necessary to limit the scale of economic activity, it is essential that ecological economics understands the limitations of its neoclassical roots and expands its theoretical framework to include how markets are embedded in social and institutional structures. This has long been the domain of institutional economics and heterodox political economy.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05922.x