The Sustainable Development Theory: A Critical Approach, Volume 2: When Certainties Become Doubts (Palgrave Studies in Sustainability, Environment and Macroeconomics) - Hardcover

Pohoaţă, Ion; Diaconaşu, Delia Elena; Crupenschi, Vladimir Mihai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030613216 ISBN 13: 9783030613211

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021

Synopsis

This book explores the present conflictual relationship between the economy, the environment, and society. The current mainstream economic model is analysed from the perspective of the founding economists to review its suitability to tackle issues of sustainable development. The problems of redistribution and social justice are debated at length; alongside those concerning the giant state, degrowth, and a vision of sustainability that is founded on the idea of a self-regulating free market economy. Business cycle sustainability, anti-crisis therapy, technological unemployment, the natural rate of interest, and the Bruntland matrix are also examined.

This book aims to present a holistic approach to sustainable development where social, ecological, and economic components are balanced. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in this topic.

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About the Author

Ion Pohoaţă is Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania.

Delia-Elena Diaconaşu is Research Fellow at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Department, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania.

Vladimir-Mihai Crupenschi is Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania.

From the Back Cover

This book explores the present conflictual relationship between the economy, the environment, and society. The current mainstream economic model is analysed from the perspective of the founding economists to review its suitability to tackle issues of sustainable development. The problems of redistribution and social justice are debated at length; alongside those concerning the giant state, degrowth, and a vision of sustainability that is founded on the idea of a self-regulating free market economy. Business cycle sustainability, anti-crisis therapy, technological unemployment, the natural rate of interest, and the Bruntland matrix are also examined.

This book aims to present a holistic approach to sustainable development where social, ecological, and economic components are balanced. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in this topic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030613216
• ISBN 13: 9783030613211
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 299