Climate Economics A Call for More Pluralism And Responsibility

This book is a philosophical critique of the economics of climate change from both an ethical and philosophy of economics perspective. Mitigating climate change is not so much a scientific problem, but rather a political, social and above all an econ

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Climate Economics A Call for More Pluralism And Responsibility Michael Roos · Franziska M. Hoffart

Palgrave Studies in Sustainability, Environment and Macroeconomics Series Editor Ioana Negru Department of Economics SOAS, University of London London, UK

Most macroeconomic theory and policy is orientated towards promoting economic growth without due consideration to natural resources, sustainable development or gender issues. Meanwhile, most economists consider environmental issues predominantly from a microeconomic perspective. This series is a novel and original attempt to bridge these two major gaps and pose questions such as: Is growth and sustainability compatible? Are there limits to growth? What kind of macroeconomic theories and policy are needed to green the economy? Moving beyond the limits of the stock-flow consistent model, the series will contribute to understanding analytical and practical alternatives to the capitalist economy especially under the umbrella term of “degrowth”. It will aim to reflect the diversity of the degrowth literature, opening up conceptual frameworks of economic alternatives  — including feminist political ecology — as critical assessments of the capitalist growth economy from an interdisciplinary, pluricultural perspective. The series invites monographs that take critical and holistic views of sustainability by exploring new grounds that bring together progressive political economists, on one hand, and ecological economists, on the other. It brings in. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/15612

Michael Roos • Franziska M. Hoffart

Climate Economics A Call for More Pluralism And Responsibility

Michael Roos Faculty of Management and Economics Ruhr University Bochum Bochum, Germany

Franziska M. Hoffart Faculty of Management and Economics Ruhr University Bochum Bochum, Germany

ISSN 2635-2621         ISSN 2635-263X (electronic) Palgrave Studies in Sustainability, Environment and Macroeconomics ISBN 978-3-030-48422-4    ISBN 978-3-030-48423-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48423-1 © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed