October 13 – Defining Ecological Economics

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great week. Here is the plan for class on October 13th. 

1 – Introduction and check-in

2 – Finalize groups and ideas for action-research project

3 – Discussion about readings on defining ecological economics

Students will be assigned groups in class 3. Each group will read one of the following chapters.

Martinez-Alier. Muradian, R. (2015) Handbook of Ecological Economics, Edward Edgar Publishing Limited.

Chapter 1 – Taking Stock: The Keystones of Ecological Economics (1 – 25)

Chapter 2 – The Content, Direction and Philosophy of Ecological Economics (26 – 47)

Chapter 3 – Analytical Philosophy and Ecological Economics (48 – 73)

Chapter 4 – Value Deliberation in Ecological Economics (74 – 99)

 

 

Additional Material for Anyone Interested (not required)

What we discussed last week.

Paper on World Economic Outlook 

Two convergent yet divergent views about inequality.

Questions