What Environmentalists Need to Know about Economics
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780230107298
Description: Provides a conceptual set of tools for how to approach environmental issues in a rigorous and thoughtful manner, based on an analysis of incentives, property rights, market failure, supply and demand constraints, and insights from behavioral economics. Easy-to-read and filled with real-world examples of the most complex environmental challenges, this book demonstrates that sound economic analysis and reasoning can be one of the environmental community's strongest allies.