Cengage Advantage Books: Sustaining the Earth 10th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Exercise 27

Review the Key Questions and Concepts for this chapter on p. 302. What is an economic system? Distinguish among natural capital, human capital (human resources), and manufactured capital (manufactured resources). What is a high-throughput economy? Compare how neoclassical economists and ecological and environmental economists view economic systems. List eight strategies that ecological and environmental economists would use to make the transition to more sustainable eco-economies.