TY - JOUR
T1 - The place of the capability approach within sustainability economics
AU - Martins, Nuno O.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - The connections between the capability approach and sustainability economics have been explored recently. I argue here that for engaging in a more substantive study of those connections, we must first understand the place of the capability approach within the history of economic thought, as a second stage of the revival of classical surplus theory. Once this is clear, we can then use the capability approach in order to specify concepts such as well-being, surplus, scarcity, and sustainable reproduction, which are essential for the development of sustainability economics.
AB - The connections between the capability approach and sustainability economics have been explored recently. I argue here that for engaging in a more substantive study of those connections, we must first understand the place of the capability approach within the history of economic thought, as a second stage of the revival of classical surplus theory. Once this is clear, we can then use the capability approach in order to specify concepts such as well-being, surplus, scarcity, and sustainable reproduction, which are essential for the development of sustainability economics.
KW - Basic capabilities
KW - Scarcity
KW - Standard of living
KW - Surplus
KW - Sustainable reproduction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885863592&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.004
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:84885863592
VL - 95
SP - 226
EP - 230
JO - Ecological Economics
JF - Ecological Economics
SN - 0921-8009
ER -