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Business Enterprise, Consumption and Socio-Economic Sustainability a keynote address by Professor James Sturgeon UMKC Department of Economics Friday 19 February 2016 7:00pm Jayhawk Room Fire Station #5 19th & Stewart Ave. Lawrence KS (one block east of Iowa) Professor Sturgeon will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Prof. Sturgeon's specialty of institutional economics, industrial organization, and political economy reinforce the Sustainability Action focus of "Ecological, Economic, and Energy Sustainability". With an emphasis on petroleum extraction, he will draw distinctions between utilitarian vs profit- driven enterprise, and between necessary vs conspicuous consumption. "Where is t he best economi cs now being done? UMKC." - James K. Galbraith

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Page 1: Sustainability Action  Network Annual Meeting Poster 2016

7/25/2019 Sustainability Action Network Annual Meeting Poster 2016

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Business Enterprise,Consumption and

Socio-EconomicSustainability

a keynote address by

Professor James SturgeonUMKC Department of Economics

Friday

19 February 2016

7:00pm

Jayhawk Room

Fire Station #519th & Stewart Ave.Lawrence KS

(one block eat o! "owa

Professor Sturgeon will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the

Prof. Sturgeon's specialty of institutional economics, industrial organiation, and political economreinforce t!e Sustainability "ction focus of #Ecological, Economic, and Energy Sustainability#.

$it! an emp!asis on petroleum e%traction, !e &ill dra& distinctions bet&een utilitarian s profit(

drien enterprise, and bet&een necessary s conspicuous consumption.

"Where is the best economics now being done? UMKC." - James K. Galbraith