Author: Heatley, Brian

Source: International Journal of Green Economics, Volume 2, Number 1, 16 February 2008 , pp. 95-107(13)

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

Abstract:

This paper discusses the proper scope of green economics using the current position of older people in the UK as an example. It begins within conventional economics, where the main debate about older people is a financial phenomenon, the so-called pensions crisis. It then considers that debate from a green and progressive perspective, emphasising the real as well as the financial issues, including the political and institutional factors that condition the present system. Finally, it argues that to get a proper appreciation of the actual lives of older people, we also have to extend the scope of the discussion to include factors arising from human reproduction as well as production in other words, the proper scope of the enquiry is political ecology.

Keywords: ECONOMICS AND FINANCE JOURNALS; Economics; ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALS; Environment and Sustainable Development

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2008.017155

Affiliations: 1: Lorton Barn, Lorton Lane, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 5QH, UK

Publication date: 2008-02-16

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• The International Journal of Green Economics is a peer-reviewed international journal, proposes and fosters discussion on all aspects of Green Economics. It contributes to international research and practice in Green Economics with the aim of encouraging economic change and the positioning of Green Economics at the centre of the Economics disciplines. Green Economic theories and policies, tools, instruments and metrics are developed with the aim of offering practical and theoretical solutions and proposals to facilitate a change to the current economic models for the benefit of the widest number of people and the planet as a whole.
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