books by Herman E. Daly

books by Herman E. Daly

books:

Herman E. Daly

The Local Politics of Global Sustainability

Thomas Prugh, Robert Costanza, ...

Island Press, 1999

Looking for a workable change agent.
This book could eventually be one of the most important ever published within the environmental community if it encourages environmental activists to shift their approach from confrontation to "principled" negotiation. Environmental activists for most of the past ...

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

Herman E. Daly, John B. Cobb Jr.

Beacon Press, 1994

Humane and incisive
Because of the large number of issues and sometimes conflicting solutions proposed, this is a difficult book to classify. Key, however, is the authors' profound refusal to subordinate the common good of the community to the god of the free market. This does not mean ...

Ecological Economics: A Workbook For Problem-Based Learning
Joshua Farley, Jon Erickson, ...

Island Press, 2005

Ecological economics addresses one of the fundamental flaws in conventional economics--its failure to consider biophysical and social reality in its analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a pedagogically complete examination of this dynamic new field. As a workbook ...

Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics

The MIT Press, 1993

VTE is an example of scholarship that is rare in its field.
As a citizen who is concerned about the health of the environment, I was enlightened by the essays in the first section of this book. The authors leave little room for doubt that the Earth can sustain a finite population, and for a finite length of time. Without any of ...

Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications

Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley

Island Press, 2003

At last what we needed
Here at last is a book that sees ecological economics not as a branch of economics or a school of economics but as a broader and deeper system of ideas that includes the sound elements of conventional economics. Herman Daly, the Grand Old Man of the steady state ...

Steady-State Economics: Second Edition With New Essays

Herman E. Daly

Island Press, 1991

A brilliant read!
A brilliant mind can illuminate those of us that are less fortunate. This book is provides insight into what I believe to be the perfect relationship of what activity should be measured to determine the ultimate health of an economic system. Dr Daly has provided a ...

Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development

Herman E. Daly

Beacon Press, 1997

Growth isn't everything
I can't say enough about how moved I was by this book. Having worked in a corporate setting for a number of years, I have wondered how growth can always be the goal of business and how the world can keep expanding and still accommodate everyone's needs. Herman Daly ...

Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development, Selected Essays of Herman Daly (Advances in Ecological ...
Herman E. Daly

Edward Elgar Pub, 2008

Population, migration, and globalization.: An article from: World Watch
Herman E. Daly

Worldwatch Institute, 2004

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Population, Technology, and Lifestyle: The Transition To Sustainability

Island Press, 1992

Suggests specific actions that governments and individuals can take to lead the way to a sustainable society.

Ecological Economics and the Ecology of Economics: Essays in Criticism

Herman E. Daly, Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar Pub, 2000

Good but a little dated, mushy.
Most of these essays appeared in the 1980s and 1990s. They were iconoclastic for their time, but -- perhaps because they had an impact -- seem somewhat dated today, after Seattle 1999, 9/11/01, etc. Perhaps that's an unfair critique; a newer edition might include new ...