The Growth Imperative: Beyond Assuming Conclusions

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-41

  Hahnel, Robin ^a,b  

^a Professor Emeritus American University   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological economics; endogenous preferences; growth; Marxism; throughput

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873270044     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: 15528502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0486613412447056     Document Type: Article

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