Eco-nomics : what everyone should know about economics and the environment / Richard L. Stroup.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stroup, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

viii, 91 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2003]

Summary:

It's one thing to be passionate about protecting the environment. Its another to be successful at it. Many laws have been enacted to clean up pollution or preserve natural beauty, but many of them don't work and others have unintended consequences. In this book, Stroup explains why many of our environmental laws have failed us and how we might go about doing a better job of protecting nature. Eco-nomics is an indispensable guide to learning how to think about both economics and the environment.

Contents:

1. Scarcity: An Economics Primer 1

2. Rights: How Property Rights and Markets Replace Conflict with Cooperation 17

3. Coercion: Protecting the Environment With Government Action 39

4. Choosing: Economics and Environmental Policy Choices 65.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1930865449

OCLC:

51764112