Economia, entropia e sustentabilidade: abordagem e visões de futuro da Economia da sobrevivência
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-53572943ccmKeywords:
economic system and environment, entropy and sustainability, resiliency, global system stability, energetic capitalAbstract
The paper evaluates theeconomics of survival - o school of thought that emphasizes the
preservation of the opportunities of future generations on an extended time horizon. It
examines the school's approach on the interactions between the economic system and
the environment, and its main analytical concepts, particularly that of entropy. It shows
that the concern of the school's founders was mainly with the consequences of a serious
depletion of natural resources - particularly those of the earth's energy capital. Recently,
however, emphasis was placed on problems stemming from the fragility of the global
system in face of growing disturbances imposed by mankind's entropic acceleration.
There are vital environmental functions, especially the preservation of ecosystem resiliency,
and it is argued that a continued expansion of the scale of the economy may bring about
irreversible damages to these fundamental functions.
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