Big Ideas, Learning Outcomes, Skills, and References

Relevant to a Sustainability Course or Curriculum

Economics Perspective

One of the enduring models of sustainability simplifies it as The Three E’s: Environment, Equity and Economy. It is critical to grapple with the neoliberal economics perspective as it dominates American politics and business while also being at odds with much of the sustainability literature and proposals.

	Cap and Trade	Capital	Commodification
Back	Competition	Consumption	Cost/Benefit	Next
	Deficit/Surplus	Deregulation	Development
	Disposable Income	Doomsayers	Ecological Economics
	Economic Growth Paradigm	Efficiency	Exploitation
	Externalities 59	Faith in Technology	Free/Liberalized Trade
	Genuine Progress Indicator 60	Globalization	Goods and Services
	Gross Domestic Product	ImPACT Identity 61	Income Disparity
	Innovation	Intangibles	Laissez-faire
	Life Cycle	Malthusian	Markets
	Natural Capitalism 62	Private Enterprise	Privatization
	Property Rights	Regressive/ Progressive Tax	Social Marketing 63
	Steady State Economy 64	Strong/Weak Sustainability 65	The Invisible Hand
	Throughput 66	Trickle Down	Triple Bottom Line 67
	Uneconomic Growth	Utility	Wealth

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