Bankruptcy of Economics: Ecology, Economics and the Sustainability of the Earth

JOSEPH WAYNE SMITH is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is the author of Healing a Wounded World (with G. Sauer-Thompson and G. Lyons), Is the End Nigh? (with E. Moore and G. Lyons), Beyond Economics: Postmodernity, Globalization and National Sustainability (with G. Sauer-Thompson), and Immigration and the Social Contract (with J. Tanton and D. McCormack eds).GRAHAM LYONS is a prominent Australian businessman and agriculturalist. He is the Director of Glen Bold Cattle Ranch in Echunga and a number of other properties. He has studied applied genetics at the Wait Agricultural Research Institute in Adelaide, South Australia. He is co-author of Is the End Nigh? (with E. Moore and J.W. Smith) and Healing a Wounded World (with G. Sauer-Thompson and J.W. Smith).GARY SAUER-THOMPSON was trained as an economist in New Zealand and worked in the New Zealand public service for a number of years. He returned to university after migrating to Australia where he studied philosophy. He is presently a Lecturer in Philosophy at Flinders University of South Australia. He is co-author of Healing a Wounded World (with J.W. Smith and G. Lyons) and Beyond Economics: Postmodernity, Globalization and National Sustainability (with J.W. Smith).

This is an important book. The editors of this admirably clear treatment show what a truly scientific economics looks like. Garrett Hardin, biologist, ecologist and author of Living Within Limits

• Preface The Crisis of Civilization: Economic Globalization and the Shredding of the World The Bankruptcy of Economics Fingernails on the Mind's Blackboard: Universal Reason, Postmodernity and the Limits of Science Civilization's Wake: Ecology, Economics and the Roots of Environmental Destruction and Neglect Notes Bibliography Index