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Anthem Environmental Studies: Economics of the Yasuní Initiative : Climate Change As If Thermodynamics Mattered by Joseph Henry Vogel (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAnthem Press
ISBN-101843318741
ISBN-139781843318743
eBay Product ID (ePID)80761263
Product Key Features
Number of Pages148 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEconomics of the Yasuní Initiative : Climate Change As if Thermodynamics Mattered
SubjectEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Environmental Economics, Economic Conditions, Global Warming & Climate Change
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorJoseph Henry Vogel
Subject AreaNature, Science, Business & Economics
SeriesAnthem Environmental Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length5.5 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-047326
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews'A springboard for a succinct, passionate exploration of the economics of anthropogenic climate change& It does what all good books should do: it makes you think.' -Doug Macdougall, Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and author of ‘Natures Clock How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything’, 'In the present stalemate over climate change, new ideas are welcome. Vogel's presentation of the economics of the Yasuni Initiative is worth serious consideration.' -Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. His books include 'Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World, The Ethics of What We Eat' and 'The Life You Can Save', 'In the present stalemate over climate change, new ideas are welcome. Vogel's presentation of the economics of the Yasuni Initiative is worth serious consideration.' -Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. His books include ‘Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World, The Ethics of What We Eat’ and ‘The Life You Can Save’, '...[R]efreshing and persuasive...pos[ing] important questions for mainstream economics and co-operation theory...a call to arms for the use of multiple, radical means to mitigate climate change.' -'International Journal of Environmental Studies', '…Refreshing and persuasive…posing important questions for mainstream economics and co-operation theory…a call to arms for the use of multiple, radical means to mitigate climate change.' -'International Journal of Environmental Studies', '...[R]efreshing and persuasive...pos[ing] important questions for mainstream economics and co-operation theory...a call to arms for the use of multiple, radical means to mitigate climate change.' --'International Journal of Environmental Studies', '&Refreshing and persuasive&posing important questions for mainstream economics and co-operation theory&a call to arms for the use of multiple, radical means to mitigate climate change.' -‘International Journal of Environmental Studies’
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Table Of ContentPrologue by José Manuel Hermida; Foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Thermodynamics: The Language Chosen Defines the Debate; Chapter 2: The Tragedy of the Commons: A Class of Problems that has no Technical Solution; Chapter 3: The Willful Ignorance of Realpolitik: Market Failure or Cost-shifting Success?; Chapter 4: The General Theory of Second Best: A Rigorous Justification for an Intuitively Just Proposal; Chapter 5: Through the Bottleneck of a Cowboy Economy: Financing Shovel-ready Projects; Conclusions: Reason for Hope and Despair; Appendix: Annotated YouTube Filmography; Notes; Index
SynopsisClimate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Vogel argues that mainstream economics fails to recognize the thermodynamic nature of climate change, thereby missing the point of Northern appropriation of the atmospheric sink. The payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient. Heeding the call of Deirdre (formerly Donald) McCloskey that economics needs humor, Vogel has written a scathing critique of economics-as-usual which also entertains., Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuníiacute; is equitable and efficient., Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Vogel argues that mainstream economics fails to recognize the thermodynamic nature of climate change, thereby missing the point of Northern appropriation of the atmospheric sink. The payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasun is equitable and efficient. Heeding the call of Deirdre (formerly Donald) McCloskey that economics needs humour, Vogel has written a scathing critique of economics-as-usual which also entertains., Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient.
Prologue byHermida, José Manuel
LC Classification Number2009047326
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