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The economics of the Yasuní initiative : climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / Joseph Henry Vogel ; foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky.
Lippincott Library HC79.E5 V63 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vogel, Joseph Henry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects--Ecuador.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
- Greenhouse gas mitigation--Economic aspects.
- Greenhouse gas mitigation.
- Ecuador.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 117 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Thermodynamics: the language chosen defines the debate
- The tragedy of the commons: a class of problems that has no technical solution
- The willful ignorance of realpolitik: market failure or cost-shifting success?
- The general theory of second best: a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal
- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy: financing shovel-ready projects
- Conclusions: reason for hope and despair.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography.
- ISBN:
- 9781843318781
- 1843318784
- 9781843318743
- 1843318741
- 9781843318637
- 1843318636
- OCLC:
- 468854943
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