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Towards a Microeconomics for Ecological Sustainability

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  • Peter Söderbaum

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Economics Box 7013 750 07 Uppsala)

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Environmental problems represent a challenge to economics. The neoclassical view of man as a rational consumer and of firms as profit maximizing entities may be useful for some purposes but does not facilitate a debate about ethics or the social responsibility of business. In this essay ‘political-economic man’ is suggested as an alternative to ‘economic man’ and also organizations are seen as political entities. A view of markets in network terms is furthermore suggested as being complementary to the conventional ideas of supply and demand. Finally, a ‘holistic’ idea of economics is advocated and used as the building stone for alternative approaches to societal decision-making. Together these elements comprise the skeleton of a microeconomics for ecological sustainability.

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  • Peter Söderbaum, 1994. "Towards a Microeconomics for Ecological Sustainability," Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, , vol. 5(3), pages 197-220, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jinter:v:5:y:1994:i:3:p:197-220
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