Lonergan's Contribution to Ecological Economics

Abstract

This paper provides a brief introduction to Bernard Lonergan’s economic model, whose main features will contribute to a “transdisciplinary ecological economics”. Lonergan’s model was developed in the 1940s; however, some significant source documents only became available in the 1980s. It is worth looking at because it sheds light on current issues and may contribute to a needed “paradigm shift”. As in the searchings of contemporary ecological economics, the model calls for a new ethos. This paper touches on a few points for comparison between Lonergan’s model and mainstream and ecological economics.

Keywords

• Bernard Lonergan
• Ecological Economics
• Capital Goods
• Consumer Goods
• Production Chains
• Redistribution