Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Fed Event: Friday, Feb. 11th-Environmental Policy Roundtable

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE SEMINAR


Environmental Policy Roundtable

Friday, February 11, 2011
Room 2511 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
(Room 2511 is on the second floor above/near Rudy's Cafe)


Herman Daly on Policy Implications of Uneconomic Growth

Economic growth is our number-one policy goal. But if growth in the US now increases social and environmental costs faster than production benefits it becomes uneconomic growth and makes us poorer at the margin, not richer. Policies for avoiding uneconomic growth will be suggested for discussion.

Herman Daly is Professor Emeritus at the Maryland School of Public Policy and spent six years as a senior economist at the World Bank. He was a co-founder and associate editor of the journal, Ecological Economics. He is also a recipient of an Honorary Right Livelihood Award, the Heineken Prize for Environmental Science from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Sophie Prize (Norway), and the Leontief Prize from the Global Development and Environment Institute.

We look forward to seeing you at our discussion.

Best,

Your EESG Team

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The Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG) is a student-organized forum for the presentation and discussion of ideas and new work within the broad domain of Ecological Economics and interdisciplinary environmental policy. This seminar is also offered for 1 credit as 'Ecological Economics and Development' (MEES 608N).
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