You Can't Eat GNP: Economics as if Ecology Mattered

US: Basic Books, 2001. Paperback. Good. In clear, measured prose Davidson lays out how the traditional tools of ec onomics don't work when you are talking about concrete things like soil, fo rests, garbage." -Inc. Ecology and economics are not doomed to be adversari es. This lively and concise book presents the exciting new insights of envi ronmental economics as well as the three fallacies of conventional economic analysis. You Can't Eat GNP offers a blueprint for a truly sustainable eco nomy that recognizes the natural resources (like water, air, and soil) on w hich we ultimately depend. Eric A. Davidson, Ph.D., is a senior scientist a t the Woods Hole Research Center. His fieldwork takes him from the Brazilia n Amazon to the re-growing forests of New England and he has conducted rese arch at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the NASA Ames Resear ch Center. A Merloyd Lawrence Book Editorial Reviews A wonderful book: an engaging guide both to the flawed connection between c urrent economics and the environment, as well as how they would work in a s ustainable world. - Thomas E. Lovejoy.