GGR223H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Overfishing, Macroeconomics, Natural Product
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Replay from last week (1) nature is external to humans allows us to think/do. There are two contradictory ideas about nature: Nature becomes a commodity (parks, conservation, green label goods) Natural laws applied to (2) nature is internal to human social problems. Cultures or ideologies that portray nature as universal all of us are the same! Last week focus on capitalism, political economy. Is it our biological make-up that defines our tendency to be self-interested or are we coerced by the structures of our economy? (1) our political-economy create incentives or punishments that push us towards or away from self-interest. Political economy must bring change, we don"t change for the political economy. (2) it"s a cultural argument, not just a biological argument western culture is focused on self-interest and individuality, eastern culture is more community focused. Political-economics is embedded in a whole range of social and political issues, not just individual issues.
