Re: The problem with economists from a “Peak Oil” point of v
Posted: Sun 14 Nov 2010, 20:15:43
So Incorrect - do you even read the links you post - first page of your first link clearly states that there has been a lack of consideration of resource constraint in 20th century economic thinking.
Sometimes you really do seem short on sense.
Sometimes you really do seem short on sense.
Xenophobe wrote:Quinny wrote:Ignoring resource constraints is a problem of all economic schools of thought. Having said that Marx did actually attempt to analyse resource constraints to it to a certain extent, something that I missed initially.
Your initial statement is incorrect, and not just because of Marx. People write and teach from entire books on this topic, let alone the peer reviewed science journals. More schooling, less peaker dogma.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr= ... ts&f=false
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1914132
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr= ... ts&f=false
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2296369