Reading, References and internet videos
Herman E Daly and Joshua Farley. "Ecological Economics",
Island Press, 2004 A textbook of
ecological economics one of whose authors, Herman E Daly, is one of the
original pioneers of the subject.
Herman E. Daly "Uneconomic growth in theory and in
fact" First annual Feasta Lecture 1999 , in Feasta Review number one,
Dublin 2001 - available at
http://www.feasta.org/documents/feastareview/daly1.pdf
Tides Foundation/Annie Leonard The Story of Stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM
Richard Douthwaite and Gillian Fallon (eds)
"Fleeing Vesuvius. Overcoming the consequences of economic and
environmental collapse" Feasta Books 2011 available as separate
downloadable articles from http://fleeingvesuvius.org/contents/
Josh Ryan-Collins, Tony Greenham, Richard Werner and
Andrew Jackson "Where does money come from? A guide to the UK monetary and
banking system" New Economics Foundation, 2011 Explains how the banking system creates new
money and concludes that the current money system is inhererently unstable.
Steve Keen "Debunking Economics. The Naked Emperor
Dethroned", Zed Books 2011 This is a sort of anti-textbook that demolishes
most of the theory found found in standard economics textbooks. It has little
on ecological and environmental issues however. Very thorough in what it does
but not for beginners.
Phillip B Smith and Manfred Max-Neef "Economics
Unmasked. From power and greed to compassion and the common good". Green
Books 2011. Another general critique of mainstream economics - this one
concentrates on social justice and environmental issues.
Fred Harrison "Boom Bust." Shepheard -Walwyn
Publishers, 2005 A study of the economics of the land market and the financial
system. Harrison is also associated with the Renegade Economist blog
http://www.renegadeeconomist.com/
http://michael-hudson.com/2012/03/film-real-estate-4-ransom/ Real estate for ransom -- Australian internet
video on the role of property speculation, land and rent in the Great
Recession. This internet video is on the website of Professor Michael Hudson
who, taking a viewpoint derived from of the classical economists, views most
neo-classical theory, that justifies the predations of the finance, real estate
and insurance sector, as "junk".
Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine and the rise of disaster
capitalism
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg
Yves Smith, "Econned" Palgrave Macmillan 2010
This book is an expose of the corruption and lawlessness of Wall Street high
finance by an author who runs the Naked Capitalism blog
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/
internet video lecture on economic crime by a Professor
of Law and Economics, William K Black
Why Elite Frauds Cause Recurrent, Intensifying Economic, Political and
Moral Crises.
https://webdisk.lclark.edu/econ/steinhardt2010/steinhardt2010.html
Daniel W. Bromley and Jouni Paavola (eds),
"Economics, Ethics and Environmental Policy. Contested Choices."
Blackwell Publishing, 2002 a set of essays that debate the philosophical basis
of economics thinking on the environment. Good to help understand the limits of
benefit cost analysis and the utilitarian concepts at the heart of economics
that turn nature into a human artefact.
internet video Clive L Spash "The Limitations and
Dangers of Economic Valuation. Reflections on the 'New' Approach to
Bio-Policy" Videod lecture - shows
the questionable logic and ethical issues involved in market approaches to
protecting biodiversity http://vimeo.com/20787185
internet video Clive L. Spash "The Brave New World
of Carbon Trading" - debunks the arguments for the current carbon trading
regime - these are ideas for which Spash was censored and ended up having to
resign his job
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQ4ENYKZz4&feature=player_embedded
Brian Davey (ed) "Sharing for Survival: Restoring
the Climate, the Commons and Society" Feasta Books 2012
Clive L Spash
Fallacies of economic growth in addressing environmental losses: Human
Induced climatic change. Article that
does what it says on the tin.
www.clivespash.org/fgml.pdf
How to help
create environmentally sustainable and self-reliant neighbourhoods
http://www.lifewithoutmoney.info/images/Achieve%20Now.pdf - Start living now as you may have to during
energy descent!