Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full World—His Life and Ideas
Book by Peter A. Victor
Routledge, September 2021
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.
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.
Table of Contents
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
Book link
For more details about the book and purchase options, please visit the Routledge website.
Launch event
In celebration of Herman’s life and ideas, and to mark the launch of this biography, we hosted an online event at the 2021 ESRC Festival of Social Sciences. Guests included Herman Daly and Peter A. Victor, Ellie Perkins and Katherine Trebeck. The panel was chaired by Tim Jackson. A recording of the event can be accessed above, or via the CUSP youtube channel.
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