Edward B. Barbier

Edward B. Barbier is the John S Bugas Professor of Economics at the University of Wyoming. He has worked for over 25 years at the interface between economics and ecology, and served as a consultant and policy analyst for a variety of national, international and non-governmental agencies, including many UN organizations and the World Bank. Professor Barbier has authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, is on the editorial boards of several leading economics and natural science journals, and appears in the 4th edition of Who’s Who in Economics. Among the nineteen books he has written or edited are Blueprint for a Green Economy (with David Pearce and Anil Markandya, 1989), Natural Resources and Economic Development (2005), and A Global Green New Deal (2010), featured in his Rorotoko interview.