@inbook{ad88664c95b44c2491f7c28c6c3e5719,
title = "On the historical roots of natural capital in the writings of carl linnaeus",
abstract = "No longer do resource economists merely regard nature as a collection of inert materials to be improved by human labor and manufactured capital; rather, nature is, to an increasing extent, taken to be a mindless producer of economically valuable ecosystem goods and services. Instances of natural capital are frequently said to produce such goods and services in a manner that is relatively detached from human agency. This article argues that, historically, the idea of nature as a systematic original producer capable of self-generation is hardly novel. The eighteenth-century roots of this idea can be found in the writings of Carl Linnaeus who depicted the whole Earth and all of its productions as the “oeconomy of nature.”.",
keywords = "Ecosystem goods and services, Linnaeus, Natural capital, Nature, Oeconomy of nature, Physiocrats",
author = "{Tyler Desroches}, C.",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by Emerald Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1108/S0743-41542018000036C006",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology",
publisher = "Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.",
pages = "103--117",
booktitle = "Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology",
}