ECON-4250

Ecological Economics

Ecological economics is concerned with the relationship between economic systems and the biological and physical world. It recognizes that practical solutions to pressing social and environmental problems require new interdisciplinary approaches that focus on the links between economic, social, and ecological systems. This course draws on contemporary economic thought as well as evolutionary biology, ecology, and nonequilibrium systems theory. Current problems of economic growth and the prospects for continued development in a finite world are examined in the light of new findings in these fields. Prerequisites: ECON-1200, and either ECON-4230 or ECON-4240, or permission of instructor. Spring term annually.

4 credit hours