The spirit of green : the economics of collisions and contagions in a crowded world / William D. Nordhaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nordhaus, William D., author.

Contributor:

Sanderson, Mack.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

vi, 355 pages : illustrations.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2021.

System Details:

audio file

Summary:

"From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why “green thinking” could cure many of the world’s most serious problems—from global warming to pandemicsSolving the world’s biggest problems—from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and corporate malfeasance—requires, more than anything else, coming up with new ways to manage the powerful interactions that surround us. For carbon emissions and other environmental damage, this means ensuring that those responsible pay their full costs rather than continuing to pass them along to others, including future generations. In The Spirit of Green, Nobel Prize–winning economist William Nordhaus describes a new way of green thinking that would help us overcome our biggest challenges without sacrificing economic prosperity, in large part by accounting for the spillover costs of economic collisions.In a discussion that ranges from the history of the environmental movement to the Green New Deal, Nordhaus explains how the spirit of green thinking provides a compelling and hopeful new perspective on modern life. At the heart of green thinking is a recognition that the globalized world is shaped not by isolated individuals but rather by innumerable interactions inside and outside the economy. He shows how rethinking economic efficiency, sustainability, politics, profits, taxes, individual ethics, corporate social responsibility, finance, and more would improve the effectiveness and equity of our society. And he offers specific solutions—on how to price carbon, how to pursue low-carbon technologies, how to design an efficient tax system, and how to foster international cooperation through climate clubs. The result is a groundbreaking new vision of how we can have our environment and our economy too."--Publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Preface

PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF A GREEN SOCIETY

2 Green History

3 Principles of a Green Society

4 Green Efficiency

5 Regulating Externalities

6 Green Federalism

7 Green Fairness

PART II. SUSTAINABILITY IN A PERILOUS WORLD

8 Green Economics and Concepts of Sustainability

9 Green National Accounting

10 The Lure of Exo-civilizations

11 Pandemics and Other Societal Catastrophes

PART III. BEHAVIORALISM AND GREEN POLITICS

12 Behavioralism as the Enemy of the Green

13 Green Political Theory

14 Green Politics in Practice

15 The Green New Deal

PART IV. GREEN ACROSS THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE

16 Profits in a Green Economy

17 Green Taxes

18 The Double Externality of Green Innovation

19 Individual Ethics in a Green World

20 Green Corporations and Social Responsibility

21 Green Finance

PART V. GLOBAL GREEN

22 Green Planet

23 Climate Compacts to Protect the Planet

PART VI. CRITIQUES AND FINAL REFLECTIONS

24 Skeptics of Green

25 A Tour of the Spirit of Green

Notes

Index

Participant:

Narrator: Mack Sanderson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780691215396

0691215391

OCLC:

1230255528