The Metabolic Pattern of Societies : Where Economists Fall Short

ISBN-13: 9780415589536 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 440 str.

Mario Giampietro; Kozo Mayumi; Alevg L. H. Sorman

Opis

This book presents an alternative method of analysis of the economic process and related sustainability issues: it is possible to perform an integrated and comprehensive analysis of the sustainability of socio-economic systems using indicators and variables that have been so far ignored by conventional economists.

Spis treści

1. The Red Pill: How Real is the Reality Perceived and Represented by Economists?  2. The Process of Demographic Change: The Importance of Multi-Scale and Multi-Level Analysis  3. Going Beyond Economic Energy Intensity and Environmental Kuznets Curves: Combining Extensive and Intensive Variables  4. The Quality of Quantitative Analyses for Governance: How to Choose a Relevant Perception and a Pertinent Representation  5. A Critical Appraisal of Conventional Economic Approaches to Sustainability Problems  6. Five Theoretical Pillars of Musiasem for a New Quantitative Analysis of Sustainability  7. Building Blocks of the Musiasem Approach  8. Looking for "Beyond GDP Indicators": Bio-Economic Pressure  9. An International Comparison of the Metabolic Pattern of Modern Societies at the Level of Economic Sectors  10. Other Applications of Musiasem  11. Poor Narratives and Granfalloons Hampering the Sustainability Debate: Can we Escape Soddy’s Prophecy?  12. What Went Wrong and Where Do We Go From Here?