Slavcho Zagorov (1898–1970), A forgotten pioneer of energy and ecological economics

IF 6.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-31 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108349

Nona Nenovska , Eric Magnin , Nikolay Nenovsky

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Abstract

This article aims to rediscover a relatively unknown author to the general public, Slavcho Zagorov, and to revive his ideas. Zagorov was a Bulgarian economist and statistician whose main works date back to 1954 and are mainly devoted to the concept of energy flows in the economy and human metabolism explained through the prism of thermodynamics. His work and career are reminiscent of another Balkan economist, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen. We first present Zagorov's theoretical work on the importance of energy in economic activity and secondly on the measurement of national income and productivity through energy. Thirdly, we show the relation he establishes between energy and utility. Finally, we discuss his texts in relation to his professional and personal trajectory and point out some preliminary elements of comparison with Georgescu-Roegen's work.

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斯拉夫乔-扎戈罗夫（1898-1970 年），被遗忘的能源和生态经济学先驱

本文旨在重新发掘一位大众相对陌生的作家--斯拉夫乔-扎戈罗夫，并重温他的思想。扎格洛夫是保加利亚经济学家和统计学家，其主要著作可追溯到 1954 年，主要致力于通过热力学棱镜解释经济和人类新陈代谢中的能量流动概念。他的著作和职业生涯让人联想到另一位巴尔干经济学家尼古拉斯-乔治斯库-罗根（Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen）。我们首先介绍了扎格洛夫关于能源在经济活动中重要性的理论研究，其次介绍了通过能源衡量国民收入和生产率的理论研究。第三，我们展示了他在能源和效用之间建立的关系。最后，我们结合扎戈罗夫的职业和个人轨迹讨论了他的著作，并指出了与乔治斯库-罗根著作进行比较的一些初步要素。

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Ecological Economics 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

12.00

自引率

5.70%

发文量

313

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ecological Economics is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature''s household" (ecosystems) and "humanity''s household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership. Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc. New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.