Reading List for Green Economics


If you can find these books in the MU library I have given the catalogue number at the end.



Molly Scott Cato: Green Economics: An Introduction to Theory, Policy and Practice: G1-135


Molly Scott Cato: Environment and Economy


www.greeneconomist.org


Useful journals you have in the library: Environmental Politics, Environmental Values, The
Ecologist



Systemic critiques


Molly Scott Cato, Market, Schmarket: G1-1318


John Kay, The Truth about Markets: G1-1543


Jonathon Porritt, Capitalism as if the World Matters: L2-968


David Korten, When Corporations Rule the World: G1-1385


Andrew Simms, Tescopoly: G1-1465



Critiques of economic growth


Richard Douthwaite: The Growth Illusion: L2-127


Richard Douthwaite and John Doping (eds.): Growth: The Celtic Cancer: SKL-15154


Peter Victor, Managing without Growth: G1-1569


Herman Daly, Beyond Growth: L2-95



Energy from a Green Economics Perspective


Richard Douthwaite, When the Wells Run Dry (a book about peak oil and energy alternatives): L2-129


Ernst U. von Weizsacker, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth: Halving Resource Use: L2-1099


Richard Heinberg: The Party‘s Over: L2-873



Climate Change


Nicholas Stern, The Economics of Climate Change (The Stern Review) (perhaps just read the executive
summary of this one!): EKV786


Dieter Helm (ed.), Climate Change Policy: L2-873


Edward Page, Climate Change and Future Generations: L2-975


Peter Christoff, „Cold Climate in Kopenhagen: China and the United States at Cop-15“, Environmental
Politics, 19/4: 637-56


The Lean Economy Connection: Energy and the Common Purpose:
http://www.theleaneconomyconnection.net/downloads.html


Feasta: Cap and Share: http://capandshare.org/download_files/C&S_Feasta_booklet.pdf


Global Commons Institute, Carbon Countdown : http://www.gci.org.uk/Documents/Carbon_Countdown.pdf



Ecological Economics


Joan Martinez-Alier, Ecological Economics: L2-1056


Herman Daly: Ecological Economics: EKO-246


Koyo Mazami, The Origins of Ecological Economics (some useful stuff in here about energy and
entropy): SKL-13727


Gareth Edwards-Jones: Ecological Economics: An Introduction: SKL-10982



Other useful books of general relevance


Jules Pretty, The Earth Only Endures: L2-969


Richard Douthwaite, Short Circuit: L2-128


Tim Jackson, Prosperity without Growth (find a book review online here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/23/properity-without-growth-tim-jackson)


Rod Hill and Tony Myatt, The Economics Anti-Textbook (a critical account of the teaching on
orthodox economics): http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/book.asp?bookdetail=4326


Richard Douthwaite, The Ecology of Money (a brief introduction to a green perspective on money):
L2-125. Also available online here: http://www.feasta.org/documents/moneyecology/contents.htm