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About May, Peter H.
Peter H. May is past president of the International Society for Ecological Economics (2008–2009), professor at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and associate director of Friends of the Earth – Brazilian Amazon. He is co-editor (with Ronaldo Seroa da Motta) of Pricing the Planet: Economic Analysis for Sustainable Development (Columbia University Press, 1996), among other publications.
Articles by May, Peter H.
Growth for growth’s sake is no longer an option. Ecological economists are calling for a ‘green’ revision of incentives and investments, as the starting point for achieving societies that are sustainable in environmental, social as well as economic terms. Read more>>
Special Report: Greening the global economy
February 03, 2010 Jeffrey Sachs and Peter H. May
The global crises have prompted calls for new ways of thinking about what can be done to steer economic development in a greener direction. Since, in politics, one should ‘never let a serious crisis go to waste’, this is the time to take bold steps. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Peter May, past president of the International Society for Ecological Economics, offer their views on the possibility and necessity to develop a new, green economics. Read more...>>
