Pompe / Rinehart Environmental Conflict

In Search of Common Ground
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8820-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 186 Seiten

Explores how economics can help solve environmental problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pompe, Jeffrey J.

Rinehart, James R.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: More than You Know
2. Unfortunately, the Best Things in Life Aren't Free: How Economists Think
3. T'aint What You Do (It's the Way that Cha Do It): Why Do We Spoil the Environment?
4. Who Will Buy?: Weighing the Value of Environmental Goods
5. Lovely to Look At, Delightful to Know: Preserving Our Natural Resources
6. Where Be the Dragons?: The Loss of Biodiversity
7. I Get Along without You Very Well: Solving Pollution Problems
8. How High the Sky: Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, and Global Warming
9. AWorrisome Thing: The Environment and Economic Growth 10. Conclusion: I'm Beginning to See the Light
Notes
Bibliography and Selected Readings
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey J. Pompe is Professor of Economics at Francis Marion University. James R. Rinehart is the Phillip N. Truluck Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Francis Marion University, and the coauthor of American Education and the Dynamics of Choice.