Economic theory and sustainable development : what can we preserve for future generations? /

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Author / Creator:Martinet, Vincent, 1979-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Description:xiii, 203 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 19
Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 19.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8786717
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ISBN:9780415544771 (hardback)
0415544777 (hardback)
9780203121221 (ebook)
0203121228 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The sustainability issue in the economic literature
  • The sustainability issue and sustainability concepts
  • The economics of intertemporal decisions
  • The emergence of sustainability criteria
  • Some comments on key results
  • and misleading interpretations
  • What can we preserve for future generations?
  • Invariance theories and sustainable development
  • Invariance in growth theory
  • Weak invariance : the viability approach
  • What we can preserve for future generations
  • Conclusion.