Herman Daly, one of the founders of ecological economics, has died at the age of 84. His work questioning the pursuit of economic growth, and articulating the alternative of a steady-state economy, has been foundational to sustainability science.
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O’Neill, D.W. Herman E. Daly (1938–2022). Nat Sustain 6, 118–119 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01041-0
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