Green Economics : Confronting the Ecological Crisis
Contents: Introduction. I. Toward a new paradigm: 1. Something happened on the way to the twenty-first century. 2. Cost-benefit analysis: beware. 3. What on earth s sustainable development? II. Why the environment is at risk: 4. Useful insights from mainstream economics. 5. Where mainstream economics dare not go. III. Environmental policy: 6. Free-market environmentalism: misinterpreting the coase theorem. 7. Real-world environmental policy. IV. Climate change: 8. A brief history of climate negotiations: 9. Criticisms of Kyoto. 10. Beyond Kyoto. Appendix. Conclusion. References. Index.
Green economics provides analysis of environmental problems and their potential solutions for students and practitioners in the fields of environmental studies and environmental economics and policy. The book\'s pluralistic, non-dogmatic and committed investigation into the values of ecological sustainability, economic justice, and human dignity is a welcomed offering to those frustrated with mainstream treatments of environmental issues. Robin Hahnel offers a glimpse of where mainstream economics can be helpful, where mainstream economics can be misleading, and where heterodox ides can provide important insights. (jacket)
Green economics provides analysis of environmental problems and their potential solutions for students and practitioners in the fields of environmental studies and environmental economics and policy. The book\'s pluralistic, non-dogmatic and committed investigation into the values of ecological sustainability, economic justice, and human dignity is a welcomed offering to those frustrated with mainstream treatments of environmental issues. Robin Hahnel offers a glimpse of where mainstream economics can be helpful, where mainstream economics can be misleading, and where heterodox ides can provide important insights. (jacket)
