Impacts Photo by Ruth H Curtis on Unsplash Herman Daly, 84, who challenged the economic gospel of growth, dies Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring.
Herman Daly, professor who introduced ecology to economics, dies at 84 He envisioned a new practice of economics, one in which the environmental impact of commerce matters as much as the flow of money.
This pioneering economist says our obsession with growth must end “It’s a false assumption,” argues Herman Daly, “to say that growth is increasing the standard of living in the present world.”
Solutionscommons.wikimedia.org This pioneering economist says our obsession with growth must end “It’s a false assumption,” argues Herman Daly, “to say that growth is increasing the standard of living in the present world.”
