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From the editor Agric Hum Values (2010) 27:1–2 DOI 10.1007/s10460-009-9241-6 Harvey James Published online: 14 October 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Economist Paul Krugman wrote an article for the New York food for a growing world population while simultaneously Times entitled, ‘‘How did economists get it so wrong?’’ promoting a sustainable vision of easing the strain on the (Krugman 2009). According to Krugman, economists mis- world’s resources. DuPont’s spokesman says so right off the sed predicting the economic downturn of 2008 for two top: ‘‘Sustainability is something that’s core to DuPont and reasons. The first is that economists rely too blindly on the has been for a couple of hundred years. And biotechnology is assumptions that people are rational and that markets work one of the tools we employ to help us move forward’’ (p. 87). (‘‘economists need to abandon the neat but wrong solution I am convinced that biotechnology will be an important, of assuming that everyone is rational and markets work perhaps even necessary, tool in meeting the food and sus- perfectly’’). The second is that economists are concerned tainability requirements of our and future days. The reason more with developing mathematically elegant models than is quite simple: The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

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James, Harvey
Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 27 (1) – Oct 14, 2009
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2009 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
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0889-048X
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1572-8366
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10.1007/s10460-009-9241-6
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Agric Hum Values (2010) 27:1–2 DOI 10.1007/s10460-009-9241-6 Harvey James Published online: 14 October 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Economist Paul Krugman wrote an article for the New York food for a growing world population while simultaneously Times entitled, ‘‘How did economists get it so wrong?’’ promoting a sustainable vision of easing the strain on the (Krugman 2009). According to Krugman, economists mis- world’s resources. DuPont’s spokesman says so right off the sed predicting the economic downturn of 2008 for two top: ‘‘Sustainability is something that’s core to DuPont and reasons. The first is that economists rely too blindly on the has been for a couple of hundred years. And biotechnology is assumptions that people are rational and that markets work one of the tools we employ to help us move forward’’ (p. 87). (‘‘economists need to abandon the neat but wrong solution I am convinced that biotechnology will be an important, of assuming that everyone is rational and markets work perhaps even necessary, tool in meeting the food and sus- perfectly’’). The second is that economists are concerned tainability requirements of our and future days. The reason more with developing mathematically elegant models than is quite simple: The

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