Contact Us
linkedin
twitter
  • ABOUT SSL
    • History
    • Contributors
  • DISCIPLINES
    • Anthropology
    • Economics
    • History
    • Philosophy
    • Political Science
    • Social Psychology
    • Sociology
  • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
    • Evolving Values for a Capitalist World
    • Frontier Issues in Economic Thought
    • Galbraith Series
    • Global History
  • NEWSLETTER

The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth

  1. Home
  2. >>
  3. Frontier Issues in Economic...
  4. >>
  5. Volume 1: A Survey...
  6. >>
  7. The Economics of the...
The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth
Author(s)Boulding, Kenneth E.
AbstractThroughout the ages, man’s image of his environment has always been tempered by the existence of an inexhaustible frontier somewhere beyond the known world, an illimitable plane in which respite could be found once one’s immediate surroundings deteriorated socially or environmentally. More recently, man has had to become accustomed to the notion of a finite earth and a closed sphere of human activity. However, it was not until World War II and the air age that the global nature of our lives really entered the popular imagination, and in the intervening period we have not entirely come to terms with this transition from the illimitable plane to the closed sphere. Economists in particular have failed to come to grips with the ultimate consequences of this transition.
Pages3-14
IssueNo
ArticleAccess to Article Summary Article
SourceEnvironmental Quality in a Growing Economy
VolumeNo
PubDate1996
ISBN_ISSN801803144

Frontier Issues in Economic Thought

  • Volume 1: A Survey of Ecological Economics
  • Volume 2: The Consumer Society
  • Volume 3: Human Well-Being and Economic Goals
  • Volume 4: The Changing Nature of Work
  • Volume 5: The Political Economy of Inequality
  • Volume 6: A Survey of Sustainable Development


Boston University | ECI | Contact Us

Copyright Notification: The Social Science Library (SSL) is for distribution in a defined set of countries. The complete list may be found here. Free distribution within these countries is encouraged, but copyright law forbids distribution outside of these countries.