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Economics, the Environment and Our Common Wealth (Paperback)
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If you're interested in the cutting-edge of the very best thinking
on economics and the environment, it's right here. Boyce has done a
masterful job integrating issues of equity and ecological thinking
into economics, and presenting deep and important ideas accessibly
with the latest research to back them up. Not just recommended, but
essential.' - Juliet Schor, Boston College, US and author of True
Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans are Creating a Time-rich,
Ecologically-light, Small-scale, High-satisfaction Economy 'A
colleague of mine puts it best: when thinking about the
fundamentals of the economy and the environment, there is Pigou,
Coase, and Boyce. Boyce adds to traditional economics the critical
understanding that social power is a determinant of the extent and
spatial scale of environmental degradation. In these essays, on
subjects ranging from housing and credit markets to agriculture and
globalization, Boyce mixes a data-driven picture of unequal
environmental protection with a keen and useful discussion of the
many forms of social power that can help right the scales.' - Eban
Goodstein, Bard College, US This fascinating volume has at its
heart a simple but powerful premise: that a clean and safe
environment is not a commodity to be allocated on the basis of
purchasing power, nor a privilege to be allocated through political
power, but rather a basic human right. Building upon this premise,
James K. Boyce explores the many ways in which economics can be
refashioned into an instrument for advancing human well-being and
environmental health. 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. The first economics book to explore the
idea that the environment belongs in equal measure to us all, this
pioneering volume will hold great interest for students, professors
and researchers of both economics and environmental studies.
Contents: 1. The Environment as Our Common Heritage 2. Is
Inequality Bad for the Environment? 3. In the Wake of the Storm:
Disasters and Environmental Justice 4. Justice in the Air: Tracking
America's Industrial Toxics 5. Where Credit is Due 6. Cap and
Dividend: Carbon Revenue as Common Wealth 7. A Chinese Sky Trust 8.
A Future for Small Farms 9. Globalization and Our Environmental
Future Index
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