Radical ecological economics and accounting to save the planet : the failure of mainstream economists
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Radical ecological economics and accounting to save the planet : the failure of mainstream economists
(Routledge studies in ecological economics)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-132) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The solutions and tools generally offered to policymakers on environmental issues - such as carbon pricing and environmental taxation - most often emanate from neoclassical economists. This book shows that the tools of these economists are ineffective for the job and must be replaced by methods from the sphere of ecological accounting.
The work has four main themes: First, the book provides a presentation and criticism of the tools traditionally proposed by neoclassical economists. Adopting a historical perspective, this section shows how these tools have evolved over time and explores some of the theoretical criticisms which have been leveled at them. Second, the book shows how mainstream economists have moved away from more pragmatic and efficient solutions because of their ignorance of the realities of management, in particular, corporate accounting, and their ideologically driven desire to avoid attacking the capitalist model. Third, a toolkit of anti-capitalist ecological accounting is outlined, showcasing the distinct advantages of this approach for the environmental crises. And finally the book considers the concrete possibilities of a rapid application of these new tools to combat the immediate threats we are facing.
The book will interest all readers who want to understand how anti-capitalist ecological accounting can contribute to cooling and saving the planet, in particular readers in ecological economics and accounting.
Table of Contents
General introduction PART I Why are the tools of dominant economists inadequate for ecology 1 Historical presentation of the tools of the dominant economists 2 Theoretical critiques of the tools of dominant economists by other economists Conclusion of the first part PART II Why accountant's tools are needed to solve ecological problems 3 The birth of modern accounting and its ignorance by most economists 4 The interest of the knowledge of capitalist accounting for an anticapitalist economic revolution Conclusion of the second part PART III How to use accounting concepts to rebuild an ecological and humanitarian economy 5 The basic principles of new economics and management: the CARE/TDL model 6 Appliance of the CARE/TDL model to microeconomics: the case of green house gases 7 Application of the CARE / TDL method to national accounts Conclusion of the third part PART IV Is there any hope to see the use of The CARE / TDL Model today? 8 The problems of the diversity of environmental (ecological) accounting systems and green finance 9 The current proposals of the experts of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Conclusion of the fourth part General conclusion
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