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- Links a problem of society (climate change) to a problem of science (neoclassical dominance in economics) and demonstrates why a problem within science has relevance for society and nature.
- Provides justification for more pluralism within economics from a societal and philosophical perspective using the example of climate change.
- Reviews current mainstream climate economics from the perspective of philosophy of science and ethics and derives academic and social responsibilities of economists
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sustainability, Environment and Macroeconomics (PASTSUEM)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book argues that economists have a social responsibility to carry out more research on how global warming could be stopped and that, ultimately, economic analysis of climate change must be a political economic approach that treats the economy as part of a wider social system. This approach will be of interest to policy makers, educators, students and researchers in support of more pluralism in economic research and teaching.
Keywords
- Economics of climate change
- Economics of global warming
- Reform of economics
- Responsible science
- Pluralism in economics
- Critique of mainstream economics
- Neoclassical dominance in economics
- Nicolas Stern
- William Nordhaus
- Climate change policy recommendations
- Risk minimisation strategy
- Greenhouse gases
- Philosophy of Economics
- Integrated assessment model DICE
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Management and Economics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Michael Roos, Franziska M. Hoffart
About the authors
Michael W. M. Roos is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Macroeconomics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Franziska M. Hoffart is a Researcher at the Institute of Macroeconomics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Economics
Book Subtitle: A Call for More Pluralism And Responsibility
Authors: Michael Roos, Franziska M. Hoffart
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sustainability, Environment and Macroeconomics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48423-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48422-4Published: 14 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48425-5Published: 14 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48423-1Published: 13 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2635-2621
Series E-ISSN: 2635-263X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 170
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Economics, Heterodox Economics, Philosophy of Science