Herman Daly

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Herman Daly was an influential American ecological economist known for pioneering the concept of a steady-state economy and critiquing unlimited economic growth on a finite planet.

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instanceOf academic
author
ecological economist
economist
human
academicDegree PhD in economics
awardReceived Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences
Right Livelihood Award
surface form: Honorary Right Livelihood Award

Leontief Prize
surface form: Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought

Right Livelihood Award
coAuthor John B. Cobb Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Rice University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
employer University of Maryland
surface form: University of Maryland, College Park

World Bank
familyName Daly
fieldOfWork development economics
ecological economics
environmental economics
environmental ethics
sustainable development
givenName Herman
hasWritten Beyond Growth
Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications
For the Common Good
Steady-State Economics
influenced degrowth scholarship
ecological economics movement
sustainability policy debates
influencedBy John Stuart Mill
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
classical economics
movement ecological economics
steady-state economics
notableFor critiquing unlimited economic growth on a finite planet
foundational contributions to ecological economics
pioneering the concept of a steady-state economy
occupation economist
professor
positionHeld Professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Senior Economist in the Environment Department at the World Bank
religion Christianity
sexOrGender male
theoreticalContribution critique of GDP as a welfare indicator
scale, distribution, and allocation framework in ecological economics
steady-state economy
strong sustainability perspective
uneconomic growth concept
viewOnEconomicGrowth economic growth is limited by ecological constraints
viewOnSustainability advocated a steady-state economy as a sustainable alternative to perpetual growth

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Right Livelihood Award hasLaureate Herman Daly