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Dr. DesRoches explored the concept of natural capital. Economists who embrace natural capital no longer view nature as storehouse of inert materials, but rather as a collection of active production processes that are furnished by nature for free. Nature is depicted as a garden containing objects purposefully arranged by humans to serve their own needs.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD) - graduated in 2015