The Sustainable Development Theory: A Critical Approach, Volume 2 - When Certainties Become Doubts

This book explores the present conflictual relationship between the economy, the environment, and society. The current mainstream economic model is analysed from the perspective of the founding economists to review its suitability to tackle issues of sustainable development. The problems of redistribution and social justice are debated at length; alongside those concerning the giant state, degrowth, and a vision of sustainability that is founded on the idea of a self-regulating free market economy. Business cycle sustainability, anti-crisis therapy, technological unemployment, the natural rate of interest, and the Bruntland matrix are also examined.

This book aims to present a holistic approach to sustainable development where social, ecological, and economic components are balanced. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in this topic.

Ion Pohoata is Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania.
Delia-Elena Diaconasu is Research Fellow at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Department, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania.

Vladimir-Mihai Crupenschi is Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania.