The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative: Climate Change As If Thermodynamics Mattered (Anthem Environmental Studies) - Softcover

Vogel, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843318741 ISBN 13: 9781843318743

Verlag: Anthem Press, 2009

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'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 ‘Nature's 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’

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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 Yasuní 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.

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• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1843318741
• ISBN 13: 9781843318743
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148