Introduction to Ecological Economics
Class Schedule/homework

DATE TOPIC READING ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION
Section One: Scale
Class 1

Intro to Eco-Econ: Scale, distribution, allocation, consilience

Is Growth Good?, entropy, differences between neoclassical and ecological econ

EcoEcon Ch 1-3
Czech-Runaway Train
2 Kysar law Review articles

 

 GF
Class 2

Hubbert's Peak, Oil peak/climate change
Money vs. Bio-physical reality

Eco-Econ Chapter 4,5,6 optional
Ch 7,14 required


Cassandras and Cornucopians-Reading page

Prepare to share your thoughts on Hubbert and cornucopians with class

 GF, students, Waring film
Class 3

Policies for a Steady-state Economy
Indicators/Alternative measures of welfare

Eco-Econ Ch. 13,20,21
Valuing the Earth:
Daly: Introduction page 1
CH 19: Steady-State Economy p.325
websites:
SCALE Project
Ass. for steady-state economy

Prepare to share your thoughts on Daly with class

 GF, Czech, film
Section Two: Distribution

Paper #1 due July 1: Scale

  
Class 4 Pareto Optimality and Distribution, The Triumph of Pareto. Welfare-GDP and market failures.

Eco-Econ. CH 15
Flomenhoft: Triumph of Pareto (on readings page Week four)

prepare oral summary of your paper on scale for class



 GF and students
  no class      
Class 5 Corruption of Economics, classical to neo-classical, Polanyi, money, and, labor as commodites, Commons Approach

Eco-Econ. CH 22

[Valuing the Earth:
Daly: Intro required p. 155

Readings on Commons (on readings page week five)

Prepare to share your thoughts on Daly with class

Summarize additional reading in groups. Present to class

 GF and students
Section Three: Allocation Paper #2 due July 22: Distribution  
Class 6

Price mechanisms, Valuing the Earth-Valuation & Environmental taxes
Economic theories to account for externalities:
Coase, Pigou

Environmental Taxes: An Introductory Primer, Milne (on readings page)

Value of Ecostem Services-"Nature paper" (on readings page)

 prepare oral summary of your paper on distribution for class GF and students
Class 7 Perverse subsidies, market failures

Green Taxes-further readings On readings page (optional)

Eco-Econ Ch 8,9, 11, 12 optional
Eco-Econ Ch 10
Eco-econ Ch 23
GF and students
Section Four: Summary

Paper #3 Scale Distribution, allocation due Aug 5.

  
Class 8

class summary
discuss term papers

  

Prepare to discuss term paper

Term paper due Tuesday August 5, 5PM.

Include Allocation section in final paper.  Apply principles of scale, distribution, allocation to real life problem. Analysis, evidence, remedy.

 GF and students