6. Revisiting the Metaphor of Human Health for Assessing Ecological Systems and Its Application to Ecological Economics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments xv
4. 1. The Ethics of Re-Embedding Economics in the Real: Case Studies 15
5. 2. Ethics for Economics in the Anthropocene 66
6. 3. Justice Claims Underpinning Ecological Economics 89
7. 4. Measurement of Essential Indicators in Ecological Economics 119
8. 5. Boundaries and Indicators 149
9. 6. Revisiting the Metaphor of Human Health for Assessing Ecological Systems and Its Application to Ecological Economics 190
10. 7. Following in Aldo Leopold’s Footsteps 208
11. 8. Toward an Ecological Macroeconomics 233
12. 9. New Corporations for an Ecological Economy: A Case Study 260
13. 10. Ecological Political Economy and Liberty 272
14. 11. A New Ethos, a New Discourse, a New Economy 318
15. CONCLUSION. Continuing the Journey of Ecological Economics 357
16. Contributors 371
17. Index 377
18. FOREWORD ix
19. INTRODUCTION. The Unfinished Journey of Ecological Economics 1