Another great essay Anna. But despite coming form the same Greek root ecology and economics went their separate paths, and as you suggest it has made for a bloody disaster. Perhaps you and your freshly minted friend would enjoy the following. Oh and by the way, AI is now making it Machina-Economicus, which is much worse than their nice little cookie man with all the perky ecological reality removed. http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue102/Daneke102.pdf