In this interview from the 2013 US Society of Ecological Economics Conference we speak with Nate Hagens about his experience on Wall St. and how it led him to become an ecological economist. Nate describes how the human economy transforms raw materials into brain chemicals.
Nate Hagens: From Wall St. to Ecological Economics
By Justin Ritchie, originally published by The Extraenvironmentalist
July 1, 2013
Justin Ritchie
Justin is in Vancouver, BC where he reads books, researches energy, carbon and financial systems at the University of British Columbia Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability while occasionally walking in the forest.
Tags: ecological economics, evolutionary biology, money, Resource Depletion
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