This analysis raises questions about the extent to which ecological economics has been able to influence real-world decisions and policy.
Examining the concepts of “security” and “sustainability” Michael Redclift argues that, although the importance of the environment has been increasingly acknowledged since the 1970s, there has been a failure to incorporate other discourses surrounding “nature.”
In his paper, Charles C. Mueller sheds light on the economics of survival, a branch of ecological economics that stresses the preservation of the opportunities of future generations over an extended time horizon.
In his article, Lawrence E. Johnson discusses the moral significance of future generations.
Philip Sarre argues that new environmental values are needed as the advanced industrial economy becomes global.
Bryan G. Norton proposes the pragmatic conception of truth, anticipated by Henry David Thoreau and developed by C.S. Peirce and subsequent pragmatists, as a useful analogy for characterizing “sustainability.”
Reply to article “Political Perception and Ensemble of Macro Objectives and Measures: The Paradox of the Index for Sustainable Economic Welfare” by Rafael Ziegler in Environmental Values 16, no.1, 43–60.
Herman Daly, Michael Jacobs, and Henryk Skolimowski respond to Wilfred Beckerman’s article “Sustainable Development: Is it a Useful Concept?” Environmental Values 3, 3 (1994): 191–209.
Jan J. Boersema defends the proposition that the limited progress made with respect to the environment could be due to a potential conflict between “quality” and sustainable development.
Wilfred Beckerman responds to the Jacobs and Daly criticisms of his earlier article in the same journal criticising the concept of “sustainable development.”
