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Who owns the sky? : our common assets and the future of capitalism / Peter Barnes.
Lippincott Library HC110.A4 B297 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Peter, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air quality management--Economic aspects--United States.
- Air quality management.
- Space debris--Economic aspects--United States.
- Space debris.
- Airspace (Law)--United States.
- Airspace (Law).
- Climatic changes--Government policy--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Government policy.
- Global environmental change--Government policy.
- Global environmental change.
- Air quality management--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Global environmental change--Government policy--United States.
- Capitalism--United States.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 172 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- In "Who Owns the Sky?", visionary entrepreneur Barnes redefines the debate about the costs and benefits of addressing climate change. He shows how we can use markets and property rights to preserve and share the vast wealth on Earth. Photos.
- Contents:
- Winds of change
- The sky is filling!
- Selling the sky
- Who owns the sky?
- How a sky trust would work
- Thought experiments for economists
- The new commons
- Capitalism 2.0.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1559638540
- 1559638559
- OCLC:
- 46590035
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