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by Antoine Missemer (Author), Jean-Sebastien Lenfant (Consultant)
From the 1860s to the 1930s, economists' views about the end of fossil fuels changed. Technological as well as theoretical developments were behind this. The challenge here is to disentangle this web in order to understand how economists (even today) deal with environmental topics.
Author Biography
Antoine Missemer est economiste, charge de recherche au CNRS, actuellement en poste au CIRED - Centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le developpement (UMR 8568). Ses travaux portent essentiellement sur l'histoire de l'economie de l'environnement et des ressources naturelles.