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The Ecological Economy of Georgescu-Roegen

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In his article on Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (born 1906), Joan Martinez-Alier (Ecol Econ 22:225–238, 1997) points out that when meeting him in 1980 in Barcelona, he was stunned by Georgescu-Roegen’s humbleness and vitality (We are also stunned by the humbleness and vitality of Martinez-Alier). Joan Martinez-Alier (Ecol Econ 22:225–238, 1997) also mentioned, that Georgescu-Roegen liked chilled grappa and that Barcelona reminded him of pre-war Romania where he has was born in 1906.

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  1. Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers (ESSCA), Angers, France

    Gabriel Weber

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Weber, G., Cabras, I. (2019). The Ecological Economy of Georgescu-Roegen. In: Hoerber, T., Anquetil, A. (eds) Economic Theory and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23824-7_10

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