But the macro-economy is not the Whole. It too is a Part, a part of the larger natural … - Herman E. Daly

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No one told me that it would all happen at the same hallowed time: Mothering is at once the hardest and the holiest and the happiest.

Herman E. Daly

But the macro-economy is not the Whole. It too is a Part, a part of the larger natural economy, the ecosphere, and its growth does inflict opportunity costs on the finite Whole that must be counted.

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There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the Earth as if it were a business in liquidation.

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The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the reverse.

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We need an economics fit for purpose in a finite and entropic world.

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Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is the question of whether this would be a wise thing to do. Marginal costs of additional growth in rich countries, such as global warming, biodiversity loss and roadways choked with cars, now likely exceed marginal benefits of a little extra consumption. The end result is that promoting further economic growth makes us poorer, not richer.

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Environmental degradation is an iatrogenic disease induced by economic physicians who treat the basic malady of unlimited wants by prescribing unlimited growth. . . . Yet one certainly does not cure a treatment-induced disease by increasing the treatment dosage.

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