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This Chapter synthesizes the contents of this volume, and provides an overview of a new paradigm of economics, to which I assign the term Post-Newtonian Economics. To put the synthesis in perspective, first some causes of the current status of Newtonian or neo-classical economics are discussed. Second, direct and indirect correspondences between the different concepts discussed in the thirteen Chapters, Chapters 2 to 14, of this volume and Kant’s basic principles of the economics of sustainable forest management are established. Finally, the basic differences between Newtonian and Post-Newtonian economics are discussed.
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Kant, S. (2005). Institutions, Sustainable Forest Management, and Post-Newtonian Economics. In: Kant, S., Berry, R.A. (eds) Institutions, Sustainability, and Natural Resources. Sustainability, Economics, and Natural Resources, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3519-5_15
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