Explores capital accumulation, investment, human capital dynamics, and sustainability, emphasizing the estimation methods of a stock of capital and the conditions for a growing capital stock.
Explores Stochastic Optimal Control, emphasizing Optimal Consumption and Investment, the Martingale Representation Theorem, and the Verification Theorem.
Explores the IPAT formula, analyzing environmental impact factors like population, affluence, and technology, and discusses strategies for meeting CO₂ emissions targets.
Questions the correlation between economic growth and happiness, examining factors like Maslow's hierarchy of needs, GDP limitations, and the costs of growth.
Explores IPAT and Kaya concepts to decouple environmental impacts from affluence, discussing CO2 emissions, growth rates, relationships between variables, and necessary reductions.