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Economics As Political Muse: Philosophical Reflections on the Relevance of Economics for Ecological Policy

Author(s): Deblonde, Marian
ISBN10: 1402001657
ISBN13: 9781402001659
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This book looks afresh, from a philosophical perspective, on the role economic theory plays in present-day ecological policy. It starts from fundamental questions concerning the nature of the problem of sustainability, of politics, and of economic science. It confronts the results of this investigation with the theoretical work of two prominent present-day economists. This book is written at a high academic level. It will be of interest to environmentalists, environmental economists, and for policy people charged with ecological problems.
Economics and Ecological Policy
1(16)
Economics and the problem of sustainability
1(3)
Which course to take?
4(8)
Economists' Political Role
4(5)
Economic Practice within a Political Context
9(3)
An ecologically successful economics
12(1)
Two Standards for an Ecologically Successful Economics
12(1)
A Confrontation between David Pearce and Daniel Bromley
13(1)
Outline of the book
13(1)
Conclusion
14(3)
The Economic and the Political Sphere
17(30)
Economic and political theories as conceptual constructs
18(7)
Weber: Social Sciences as Ideal-Typical Conceptual Constructs
18(3)
Neurath: Sciences as Historically Contingent Conceptual Constructs
21(3)
Conclusion
24(1)
Four conceptual constructs of the economic sphere
25(4)
Buchanan's political theory
29(5)
Public Choice Theory as an Extension of Economics
29(2)
Political actors as Homines Oeconomici
31(1)
More Markets, Less Government
32(1)
Processes as the Touch Stone of Politics
32(2)
Conclusion
34(1)
Deliberative democracy
34(8)
Economic versus Political Decision Units
35(1)
``Homines Oeconomici'' versus ``Homines Politici''
35(2)
``Goods and Services'' versus ``Laws''
37(2)
Economic versus Political Institutions
39(1)
Conclusions
40(2)
Politics and sustainability
42(1)
Conclusions
43(4)
The institutional and ecological dimension of an economy
47(32)
Institutions
48(9)
Institutions as the Symbolic Dimension of Action
48(4)
Institutions as Historical Entities
52(1)
Institutions as Simultaneously Restricting and Enabling Entities
53(2)
Laws as ``Public Facts''
55(1)
Summary
56(1)
Institutional organisation and ecological performance of an economy
57(20)
Economic Institutions
57(1)
Institutions Defining Economic Decision Units
57(1)
Institutions Conditioning Economic Rationality
57(4)
Institutions Defining Economic Goods and Services
61(2)
Summary
63(1)
The Institutional Whole of an Economy
64(1)
Economy's Ecological Performance
65(3)
Relevance of the ``Institutional Whole''
68(2)
Meaning of the ``Institutional Whole''
70(6)
Conclusion
76(1)
Conclusion
77(2)
Four norms for a politically successful economics
79(28)
Objective
80(2)
Descriptive and explanatory
82(20)
Weber: Pure Economics as a Political Toolbox
82(1)
Pure Economics: Technically Applicable
83(3)
Pure Economics: Theoretically, Empirically or Practically Valid?
86(2)
Two Objections
88(1)
A Historically Contingent Multiplicity of Economic Paradigms
89(2)
Conclusion
91(1)
Neurath: Economic Theories as Scientific Utopias
91(1)
The Scientific Meaning of Prediction
92(1)
Pseudo-Rationalism
93(1)
Unified Science
94(2)
The Political Relevance of Scientific Utopias
96(3)
Conclusion
99(1)
Economic Theories as Political Muses
100(2)
Impartial knowledge
102(2)
Conclusion
104(3)
A reconstruction of Pearce's economics
107(24)
Environmental economics as a ``materials balance model''
108(4)
An Ecological Input-Output Analysis
108(2)
A Materials Balance Model
110(2)
Conclusion
112(1)
Environmental economics as a kind of welfare economics
112(10)
A Neo-Classical Approach
113(3)
Environmental Economics in the Service of ``Sustainable Development''
116(5)
Conclusion
121(1)
Environmental politics
122(7)
The Ambiguity of the Concept ``Allocative Efficiency''
122(2)
Economic Institutions as a Matter of Economic Calculations
124(2)
Adding Economic Institutions: Two Problems of ``Sustainability''
126(2)
Conclusion
128(1)
Conclusion
129(2)
The nature of Pearce's economics
131(16)
Non-neutral objectivity
131(6)
Objectivity as Practically Valid Non Neutrality
132(1)
Objectivity as Non-Neutral Empirical Validity
133(4)
Prescription rather than non-neutral description
137(3)
Prediction rather than explanation
140(1)
Partiality
141(3)
Conclusion
144(3)
A reconstruction of Bromley's economics
147(30)
An institutional approach
148(2)
Economic institutions
150(8)
The Economic Sphere
150(2)
Property
152(1)
Property Rights
152(2)
Property Regimes
154(3)
Conclusion
157(1)
The relationship between an economy and its ecological environment
158(7)
Nominal versus Real Boundaries
159(1)
Externalities
160(5)
Conclusion
165(1)
The economic and the political sphere
165(10)
Institutional Transactions: Economic or Political Activities
165(2)
The ``Rationality'' of Institutional Change
167(5)
Sustainability
172(2)
Conclusion
174(1)
Conclusion
175(2)
The nature of Bromley's economics
177(20)
Non-neutral
177(7)
Propagandistic versus Paradigmatic Non-Neutrality
177(1)
A Normative Analysis of Institutional Change
178(1)
Four Motives for Institutional Change
179(5)
Objective
184(3)
Descriptive
187(2)
Explanatory
189(3)
(Im)partial
192(1)
Conclusion
193(4)
Conclusion
197(20)
Norms for an ecologically successful economics
198(7)
The Problem of Sustainability
198(1)
Politics
199(1)
Institutions
200(2)
The Content of an Ecologically Successful Economics
202(1)
The Nature of an Ecologically Successful Economics
203(2)
Mutually testing norms and economic paradigms
205(10)
The Problem of Sustainability
205(3)
Politics
208(1)
The Content of an Ecologically Successful Economics
208(4)
The Nature of an Ecologically Successful Economics
212(3)
Conclusion
215(2)
References 217

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