----- Original Message ----- From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[this may be of interest. I am not endorsing it.] Reprinted from : http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA750.htm 22 October 2004 The dismal quackery of eco-economics The notion that economic growth has to be curtailed is tragic when billions still live in dire poverty. by Daniel Ben-Ami =================== D. B-A's book is a rather facile critique of Susan Strange's work on global finance. "That is why it has so often been proved wrong in its frequent predictions of imminent doom. But it should be seen as a form of quackery rather than dignified with the title of science. Its gross underestimation of human potential, with people being viewed as parasites on the planet, inevitably leads to a misunderstanding of the social world." Hey look, another economist setting up a straw man, excuse me........person and thereby engaging in.............quackery of the same variety that leads to so many economists jokes. An economist calling environmental economics quackery is just too funny to be put on TV. Ian
