Abstract
Ecological economics was one of the first of a number of scientific communities to develop transdisciplinary understandings of the sustainability challenges faced by society. As a field with economics in its name, ecological economics differs from the other communities and should face the particular task of contributing to the development of a new economics. For economics to promote sustainability transitions, it is not enough to call for more pluralism. A new basic structure of economic knowledge should be developed in order to provide the foundation for a sustainability transition to Econ 101. This paper argues that the performativity of economics needs to change and proposes a way of structuring Econ 101.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 106515 |
Journal | Ecological Economics |
Volume | 169 |
Number of pages | 26 |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Boulding award
- Econ 101
- Heterodox economics
- New economics
- Performativity
- Pluralism
- Sustainability transition