Herman Daly
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Herman Daly was an influential American ecological economist known for pioneering the concept of a steady-state economy and critiquing unlimited economic growth on a finite planet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herman Daly canonical | 7 |
| Herman E. Daly | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T153448 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Daly Context triple: [Right Livelihood Award, hasLaureate, Herman Daly]
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A.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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B.
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily is an American ecologist and conservation biologist renowned for pioneering the concept of ecosystem services and integrating biodiversity conservation with economic and policy decision-making.
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C.
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich is an American biologist and population studies scholar best known for his influential and controversial work on overpopulation and environmental sustainability, including the book "The Population Bomb."
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D.
James Lovelock
James Lovelock was an independent British scientist and environmentalist best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which views Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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E.
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane is a prominent American political scientist best known for his influential work on international relations theory, particularly neoliberal institutionalism and the role of international institutions in global governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Daly Target entity description: Herman Daly was an influential American ecological economist known for pioneering the concept of a steady-state economy and critiquing unlimited economic growth on a finite planet.
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A.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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B.
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily is an American ecologist and conservation biologist renowned for pioneering the concept of ecosystem services and integrating biodiversity conservation with economic and policy decision-making.
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C.
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich is an American biologist and population studies scholar best known for his influential and controversial work on overpopulation and environmental sustainability, including the book "The Population Bomb."
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D.
James Lovelock
James Lovelock was an independent British scientist and environmentalist best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which views Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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E.
Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane is a prominent American political scientist best known for his influential work on international relations theory, particularly neoliberal institutionalism and the role of international institutions in global governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ ecological economist ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences
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Honorary Right Livelihood Award ⓘ
linked to:
Right Livelihood Award
Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought ⓘ
linked to:
Leontief Prize
Right Livelihood Award ⓘ |
| coAuthor | John B. Cobb Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Rice University
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Maryland, College Park
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linked to:
University of Maryland
World Bank ⓘ |
| familyName | Daly ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
development economics
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ecological economics ⓘ environmental economics ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| givenName | Herman ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Beyond Growth
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Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications ⓘ For the Common Good ⓘ Steady-State Economics ⓘ |
| influenced |
degrowth scholarship
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ecological economics movement ⓘ sustainability policy debates ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Stuart Mill
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Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen ⓘ classical economics ⓘ |
| movement |
ecological economics
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steady-state economics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critiquing unlimited economic growth on a finite planet
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foundational contributions to ecological economics ⓘ pioneering the concept of a steady-state economy ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
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Senior Economist in the Environment Department at the World Bank ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
critique of GDP as a welfare indicator
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scale, distribution, and allocation framework in ecological economics ⓘ steady-state economy ⓘ strong sustainability perspective ⓘ uneconomic growth concept ⓘ |
| viewOnEconomicGrowth | economic growth is limited by ecological constraints ⓘ |
| viewOnSustainability | advocated a steady-state economy as a sustainable alternative to perpetual growth ⓘ |
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Subject: Herman Daly Description of subject: Herman Daly was an influential American ecological economist known for pioneering the concept of a steady-state economy and critiquing unlimited economic growth on a finite planet.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Herman Daly
linked to: Herman Daly
linked to: Herman Daly
subject linked to:
Nicolae Georgescu