Economic and Ecological Challenges

Musu, Ignazio

doi:10.1057/9781137342669_14

Ignazio Musu

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It is always difficult for an economist to speak to a multidisciplinary audience about ecological problems. Usually among noneconomists the perception is that economists, by preaching economic growth and by praising globalization, not only are neglecting ecological problems but are supporting an ideology responsible for the ecological crises of our time.

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J. Berthrong, “Motifs for a new Confucian ecological vision,” in Religion and Ecology, edited by R. Gottlieb (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 251.
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Catholic University of Milan, Italy
Pasquale Gagliardi (Professor of Sociology of Organization, Secretary General of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice) (Professor of Sociology of Organization, Secretary General of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice)
ISEO (Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Oecuméniques/Paris Institute for Advanced Studies in Ecumenism), University Paris (Institut Catholique de Paris), France
Anne Marie Reijnen (ordained minister and a Protestant theologian, Kairos Chair, University Professor, Professor of Theology in Brussels and Paris) (ordained minister and a Protestant theologian, Kairos Chair, University Professor, Professor of Theology in Brussels and Paris)
FPG/FUTP (Faculté Universitaire de Théologie Protestante), Brussesl, Belgium
Anne Marie Reijnen (ordained minister and a Protestant theologian, Kairos Chair, University Professor, Professor of Theology in Brussels and Paris) (ordained minister and a Protestant theologian, Kairos Chair, University Professor, Professor of Theology in Brussels and Paris)
University of Venice, Italy
Philipp Valentini

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Musu, I. (2013). Economic and Ecological Challenges. In: Gagliardi, P., Reijnen, A.M., Valentini, P. (eds) Protecting Nature, Saving Creation. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137342669_14

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