Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full World

<p>As the first biography of Professor Herman Daly, this book provides an in-depth account of one of the leading thinkers and most widely read writers on economics, environment and sustainability.</p><p>Herman Daly’s economics for a full world, based on his steady-state economics, has been widely acknowledged through numerous prestigious international awards and prizes. Drawing on extensive interviews with Daly and in-depth analysis of his publications and debates, Peter Victor presents a unique insight into Daly’s life from childhood to the present day, describing his intellectual development, inspirations and influence. Much of the book is devoted to a comprehensive account of Daly’s foundational contributions to ecological economics. It describes how his insights and proposals have been received by economists and non-economists and the extraordinary relevance of Daly’s full world economics to solving the economic problems of today and tomorrow. </p><p>Innovative and timely, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, researchers, activists and policy makers concerned with economics, environment and sustainability.</p> <p>1. Out of Texas 2. Herman the Economist 3. Philosophy, Ethics and Religion 4. Economics as a Life Science 5. Scale, Distribution, Allocation 6. Measuring the Economy 7. What’s Wrong with Economic Growth? 8. Steady-State Economics 9. In Defense of the Steady-State Economy 10. Heterodox Critiques of the Steady-State Economy 11. Population, Migration and Immigration 12. Money and Banking 13. Globalization, Internationalization and Free Trade</p>