Economics and the Environment

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Climate change and other critical environmental challenges are reshaping economic policy and practice. In the 7th edition of Economics and the Environment, Dr. Eban Goodstein and new co-author, Dr. Stephen Polasky, provide students with a clear, concise, and comprehensive presentation of environmental and resource economics. The text also offers a compelling look at broader topics including the ethical foundations of environmental economics, the promotion of ''clean technology", and the challenges of sustainable development. With a unique framework and compelling narrative style, Goodstein & Polasky provide a timely synthesis of the economic tools available for understanding and solving environmental problems that are crucial for today's students to consider for tomorrow's world.

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InhaltsangabePreface Chapter 1: Four Economic Questions about Global Warming Chapter 2: Ethics and Economics Chapter 3: Pollution and Resource Degradation as Externalities Chapter 4: The Efficiency Standard Chapter 5: Measuring the Benefits of Environmental Protection Chapter 6: Measuring the Costs of Environmental Protection Chapter 7: The Safety Standard Chapter 8: The Sustainability Standard Chapter 9: Measuring Sustainability Chapter 10: Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Chapter 11: Is More Really Better? Consumption and Welfare Chapter 12: The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation Chapter 13: An Overview of Environmental Legislation Chapter 14: The Regulatory Record: Achievements and Obstacles Chapter 15: Incentive-Based Regulation: Theory Chapter 16: Incentive Based Regulation: Practice Chapter 17: Promoting Clean Technology: Theory Chapter 18: Energy and the Future Chapter 19: Poverty, Population, and the Environment Chapter 20: Environmental Policy in Poor Countries Chapter 21: The Economics of Global Agreements

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