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For the critique developed by TOES in 1984 and its sequel in 1985, see Paul Ekins, ed. (1986), The Living Economy. The New Economics Foundation was founded in 1986. Recommended sources for Editor’s note: Fleming humbly fails to mention that he played a key role in the creation of the influential “The Other Economic Summit”. Constructive criticism of neoclassical economics include Herman E. Daly and John B. Cobb (1989), For the Common Good; Mark Lutz and Kenneth Lux (1988), Humanistic Economics; and—less a critique of economics than an analysis of what society really is—Jon Elster (1989), The Cement of Society. Elster’s many books are a vital source on this.

David Fleming
Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired the 2020 launches of both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and Sterling College's unique 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online courses. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!

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