Partha Dasgupta

thumb|Partha Dasgupta, 2013. Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta (born 17 November 1942) is a British ecological economist, and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Quotes As proposals for estimating the social scarcity prices of natural resources remain contentious, economic accountants ignore them and governments remain wary of doing anything about them. Partha Dasgupta (2007). Economics: A Very Short Introduction. p. 161 In the quantitative models that appear in leading economics journals and textbooks, nature is taken to be a fixed, indestructible factor of production. The problem with the assumption is that it is wrong: nature consists of degradable resources. Partha Dasgupta "Nature's role in sustaining economic development." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 365.1537 (2010): 5-11. External links Category:Living people Category:Economists from the United Kingdom Category:1942 births Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:University of Cambridge faculty Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Fellows of the British Academy Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society