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Endangered Economies : How the Neglect of Nature Threatens Our Prosperity.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231543286
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Endangered EconomiesDDC classification:
  • 338.9/27
LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 H428 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Environment and Economy-No Conflict -- 2. Market Mistakes and How Unpaid-for External Effects Are Killing Us -- 3. Climate Change: "The Greatest External Effect in Human History" -- 4. How to Deal with External Effects -- 5. Solving the Climate Problem -- 6. Everyone's Property Is No One's Property -- 7. Natural Capital: Taken for Granted But Not Counted -- 8. Valuing Natural Capital -- 9. Measuring What Matters -- 10. The Next Steps -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: One of the founders of environmental economics clearly and passionately demonstrates that the only way to achieve long-term economic growth is to protect our environment. After painting a stark picture of our current state, Geoffrey Heal outlines simple solutions that have already proven effective in conserving nature and boosting economic growth.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Environment and Economy-No Conflict -- 2. Market Mistakes and How Unpaid-for External Effects Are Killing Us -- 3. Climate Change: "The Greatest External Effect in Human History" -- 4. How to Deal with External Effects -- 5. Solving the Climate Problem -- 6. Everyone's Property Is No One's Property -- 7. Natural Capital: Taken for Granted But Not Counted -- 8. Valuing Natural Capital -- 9. Measuring What Matters -- 10. The Next Steps -- Notes -- Index.

One of the founders of environmental economics clearly and passionately demonstrates that the only way to achieve long-term economic growth is to protect our environment. After painting a stark picture of our current state, Geoffrey Heal outlines simple solutions that have already proven effective in conserving nature and boosting economic growth.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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