Economics, the environment and our common wealth
By: James K. Boyce
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781781000007
Subjects: Environmental protection; Economic aspects
Description: Comprising a decade's worth of essays written since the publication of the author's pathbreaking book, The Political Economy of the Environment (2002), this volume discusses a number of diverse environmental issues through an economist's lens. Topics covered include environmental justice, disaster response, globalization and the environment, industrial toxins and other pollutants, cap-and-dividend climate policies, and agricultural biodiversity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The environment as our common heritage; title: Is inequality bad for the environment?; title: In the wake of the storm : disasters and environmental justice; title: Justice in the air : tacking America's industrial toxics; title: Where credit is due; title: Cap and dividend : carbon revenue as common wealth; title: A Chinese sky trust; title: A future for small farms; title: Globalization and our environmental future.