I'm teaching a course in Environmental Economics and I've been reading a bit
in the literature which makes analogous statements about economics and
ecology; primarily about energy flow or 'cycles.' I'm beginning to think
these are false analogies and that economics is purely a human cultural
phenomenon and there is no really good way of thinking about economic theory
in ecological terms. All this is important because econmics is one of the
major issues in environmental policy.
Anyone have any ideas on this? Does anyone know of anything written on this
topic? Not environmental economics, I've got that covered; I'm looking for
anything about how an ecologist might or might not use economic theory.
Steven
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