Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/277260 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention (EJEEP) [ISSN:] 2052-7772 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 106-121
Publisher: 
Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
Abstract: 
As the environmental debate has intensified, post-Keynesians, Régulationists and Polanyians remain relatively silent. All treat time as historical, consider economic issues subordinate to politics and have plenty to say about growth, institutions, uncertainty and path-dependent events. These concepts seem pertinent to understanding the economic–environment problematic. This article explores the 'environmental potential' of these three heterodox economic traditions. We examine the conception of nature underpinning each methodological approach and the ability of their key conceptual tools to explain the economic–environment relation. Methodological pluralism and a project driven by the neoclassical agenda, we posit, seriously weakens the possibility of a post-Keynesian-grounded coherent environmental perspective. On the other hand, the Régulationists and Polanyians provide cogent analytical frameworks to advance explanations of the economic–environment relation and the contemporary environmental challenge.
Subjects: 
capitalism
environment
Polanyi
post-Keynesian
Régulation theory
JEL: 
B50
B52
Q50
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Document Type: 
Article

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