Ecological crises ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss arise when self-interest outweighs the common good; for example, people aware of the catastrophic social costs of carbon emissions drive anyway because it is personally convenient. Markets, in theory, channel self-interested, competitive behavior towards the common good, leading an increasing number of economists and environmentalists to […]
Author Archives: Joshua Farley
Joshua is an ecological economist, Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics, Fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at UVM, and Special Visiting Researcher at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. His broad research interests focus on the design of economic institutions capable of balancing what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable. Specific projects currently focus on agroecology, farmer livelihoods, and ecosystem services in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest; redesigning finance and monetary systems for a just and sustainable economy; and, the just distribution of wealth and resources.
