{"product_id":"9783030317973","title":"Economics of a Crowded Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e§16§§This book asks the question, how would economics look today and into the future if one started with a blank sheet of paper? Written mainly for a technical audience, yet accessible to the lay reader, Economics of a Crowded Planet addresses the ontology, epistemology and methodology of a future economics as if from outside the economy looking in. It presents a conceptual framework for a future economics drawing from systems science and hierarchy theory, integrating central concepts from present-day economics, so as to orient the field in a direction that can serve society's future needs in practical ways. §§The exposition reveals a paradigm called 'market planetarianism': the idea that the power of markets may be used to steer the economy toward a desired long-term goal.  Both a prescriptive doctrine and an economic methodology, it treats the economy and nature as instances of complex, evolutionary systems, demanding analytical tools quiteunlike those of the 20th-century m §16§ainstream.§§ §04§§1. Introduction.- 2. Biophysical Context of the Economy.- 3. Simple Physical Model of Nature and Economy.- 4. Subsystem Model of the Economy.- 5. Rationale for an Economics of a Crowded Planet.- 6. Economic Orthodoxy and Emerging Pluralism.- 7. The Economics of Nature.- 8. Conventional Economics On a Crowded Planet.- 9. Framework for an Economics of a Crowded Planet.- 10. Requirements for a Future Economics.§§§ §02§§                    Fraser Murison Smith is an energy specialist in public utilities, formerly an information systems consultant and award-winning cleantech entrepreneur. After completing a PhD in theoretical ecology at Oxford University, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University in ecological economics. He has published papers on fisheries, biodiversity and economic development, as well as a book, Environmental Sustainability: Practical Global Implications (1997). Fraser and his wife, a healthcare technology leader, share their home in Northern California with two wonderful young children and a canoe and tent on standby for spontaneous forays into the surrounding mountains, rivers and lakes.§\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820017660139,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":201.41,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783030317973-1.jpg?v=1781716865","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9783030317973","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}