Eco-nomics
Subtitle: what everyone should know about economics and the environment
By: Richard L. Stroup
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781944424008
Subjects: Environmental economics; Conservation of natural resources; Economic aspects
Description: It's one thing to be passionate about protecting the environment. It's another to be successful at it. In the second edition of this popular title, Richard Stroup explains why many of our environmental laws have failed us and how we might go about doing a better job protecting the environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108) and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing environmentalism; title: Scarcity: an economics primer; title: Rights: how property rights and markets replace conflict with cooperation; title: Coercion: protecting the environment with government action; title: Choosing: economics and environmental policy choices; title: Climate change and the problem of energy.