Time and the Generations blends economics, philosophy, and ecology to offer an original lens on the difficult topic of global population. Partha Dasgupta provides tentative answers to two fundamental questions: What level of economic activity can our planet support over the long run, and what does the answer say about optimum population numbers?
Time and the Generations blends economics, philosophy, and ecology to offer an original lens on the difficult topic of global population. Partha Dasgupta provides tentative answers to two fundamental questions: What level of economic activity can our planet support over the long run, and what does the answer say about optimum population numbers?
Professor Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University and is currently President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. His books include Economics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2017), Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment (OUP, 2004) and An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution(OUP, 1993).
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In Memoriam: Kenneth Joseph Arrow (1921 2017) Foreword, by Robert M. Solow Preface Random Thoughts on Birth and Death, by Kenneth J. Arrow Birth and Death: Arrow Lecture 1. Economic Demography 2. Utilitarian Ethics 3. Ends and Means 4. Synopsis Part I: Foundations 5. Genesis Under Total Utilitarianism 6. Death 7. A Problem Like Sleeping Beauty 8. Generation-Centered Prerogatives in the Timeless World 9. Generations Across the Indefinite Future Part II: Applications 10. The Biosphere as a Renewable Natural Resource 11. Estimates of Globally Optimum Population 12. Technology and Institutions 13. Existential Risks and Informed Ends Appendix 1: Socially-Embedded Well-Being Functions Appendix 2: Common Property Resources and Reproductive Choices Appendix 3: Notes on Rawls Principle of Just Saving Appendix 4: Modeling the Biosphere Appendix 5: Inclusive Wealth and Social Well-Being Appendix 6: Valuing Freedom of Choice References Commentary on Birth and Death, by Scott Barrett Commentary on Birth and Death, by Eric Maskin Commentary on Birth and Death, by Joseph Stiglitz Response to Commentaries Epilogue Socially Embedded Preferences, Environmental Externalities, and Reproductive Rights, with Aisha DasguptäReprinted from Population and Development Review (September 2017) Contributors Author Index Subject Index
In Memoriam: Kenneth Joseph Arrow (1921 2017) Foreword, by Robert M. Solow Preface Random Thoughts on Birth and Death, by Kenneth J. Arrow Birth and Death: Arrow Lecture 1. Economic Demography 2. Utilitarian Ethics 3. Ends and Means 4. Synopsis Part I: Foundations 5. Genesis Under Total Utilitarianism 6. Death 7. A Problem Like Sleeping Beauty 8. Generation-Centered Prerogatives in the Timeless World 9. Generations Across the Indefinite Future Part II: Applications 10. The Biosphere as a Renewable Natural Resource 11. Estimates of Globally Optimum Population 12. Technology and Institutions 13. Existential Risks and Informed Ends Appendix 1: Socially-Embedded Well-Being Functions Appendix 2: Common Property Resources and Reproductive Choices Appendix 3: Notes on Rawls Principle of Just Saving Appendix 4: Modeling the Biosphere Appendix 5: Inclusive Wealth and Social Well-Being Appendix 6: Valuing Freedom of Choice References Commentary on Birth and Death, by Scott Barrett Commentary on Birth and Death, by Eric Maskin Commentary on Birth and Death, by Joseph Stiglitz Response to Commentaries Epilogue Socially Embedded Preferences, Environmental Externalities, and Reproductive Rights, with Aisha DasguptäReprinted from Population and Development Review (September 2017) Contributors Author Index Subject Index
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