| Description |
xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Notes |
"A Merloyd Lawrence book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Whence comes wealth? : three fallacies about economics versus the environment -- Richland for dirt cheap : two views of the value of soil -- The price is wrong : advantages and dangers of cost-benefit analysis -- Future shock discounted : another devil in the details of cost-benefit analysis -- Internalizing the externalities : buying a bunch of blue sky to limit global warming -- Global garbage : Malthus revisited -- In search of sustainability : from small landholders to macroeconomists -- Fill the earth and conquer it, but keep two of each species : can both imperatives be achieved? -- May we live in interesting times : some modest proposals for profound changes. |
| Sujet |
Environmental economics.
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| Autre Titre |
Economics as if ecology mattered |
| ISBN |
0738202762 : |
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