Download or read book The Origins of Ecological Economics written by Kozo Mayumi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-07-26 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen deserves to be called the father of ecological economics. This book connects Georgescu-Roegen's earlier work such as consumer choice theory and a critique of Leontief's dynamic model, with his later ambitious attempt to reformulate the economic process as 'bioeconomics', a theoretical alternative to neoclassical economics.