Endangered economies how the neglect of nature threatens our prosperity

" In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more urgent in recent years with the threat of climate change,...

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Main Author: Heal, G. M. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Environment and economy : no conflict
  • Market mistakes and how unpaid-for external effects are killing us
  • Climate change : "the greatest external effect in human history"
  • How to deal with external effects
  • Solving the climate problem
  • Everyone's property is no one's property
  • Natural capital : taken for granted but not counted
  • Valuing natural capital
  • Measuring what matters
  • The next steps.