Responses to ESS

The Alchemists: Brown and Sachs
Background: Montague and Hayes

Sachs: Livelihood replaces economics

Livelihood provides subsistence, drawing on, rather than exploiting, nature and culture. Sachs spells out the implications for fairness and for fragility. Sachs epitomizes social ecology.

This is Brown's Plan B

Brown interprets ecology within the framework of economics -- without spelling out the implications. Brown offers pieces of an alternative economic operating system.

Key points of Daly, Beyond Growth

The seminal text in ecological economics is Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development by Herman Daly: efficiency, distribution, and scale.

Prof. Hayes summarizes aspects of economics for sustainers

Hayes provides a brief statement of economics that presents the main points in a concise form, accessible to those interested in sustainability.


Wayne Hayes, Ph.D. | Initialized: 2/27/2007 | Last Update: 04/11/2010