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Deforestation, over-fishing, toxic waste
production, climate change, overgrazing, and air, water and land pollution are all driven
by economic decisions. Yet, until recently, our economic tools for measuring and
understanding these issues have provided a distorted roadmap, one without sufficient
consideration of the ecological, social and, in fact, economic consequences of many
economic decisions. This deficiency is driving ecological and social crises. Ecological
economics is a new academic field that attempts to correct this distortion, and Earth
Economics is dedicated to applying these new theories to the real world.
Page last updated
05/24/2007
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