The Economics of the Environment

Edition:

4th

Date of publication:

January 2025

ISBN:

978-1-939402-98-1

Price:

$44.50

• About
• Table of Contents

The Economics of the Environment, 3rd edition

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Growth, Production, and Consumption
  • 1.1 Is Economic Growth Environmentally Sustainable Arthur MacEwan
  • 1.2 Limits to Growth—Of What? James K. Boyce
  • 1.3 Enough in Enough Alan Durning
  • 1.4 America Beyond Consumerism Thad Williamson
  • 1.5 The Limits of Ethical Consumerism Marc Triller
  • 1.6 The Growth Consensus Unravels Jonathan Rowe
  • 1.7 Growth, Growth, Growth: What Will Happen? Arthur MacEwan
  • 1.8 Local, or Far Away? Arthur MacEwan
  • Spotlight: Frankly Speaking on the Environment
  • 1.9 Why Economics? Frank Ackerman
  • 1.10 In Memoriam: Frank Ackerman Arthur MacEwan
• Chapter 2: Environmental Measurement
  • 2.1 Pricing the Priceless Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman
  • 2.2 Protecting Money or People? James K. Boyce
  • 2.3 Mismeasuring Our Economy: Why the GDP is Not Useful James K. Boyce
  • 2.4 Making Carbon Visible to Investors (and Us!) Doug Orr
• Chapter 3: Market Failure and the Roles of Government
  • 3.1 The True Cost of Oil Anita Dancs
  • 3.2 Solving the Climate Crisis with Nuclear Energy Won't Work Robert Pollin
  • 3.3 A Carbon Tax Alone Won't Solve Climate Change John Miller
  • 3.4 Leveraging Financial Markets for Social Justice Doug Orr
  • Spotlight: Responsible Mining
  • 3.5 Buzzwords: Responsible Mining Robin Broad
  • 3.6 The Quest for Responsible Mining Practices Robin Broad
  • 3.7 A Battle Over Copper in Colombia Austin Landis
  • 3.8 Ruined Rivers Mir Aiyaz
• Chapter 4: Environmental Justice
  • 4.1 Mapping Environmental Injustice Klara Zwickl, Michael Ash, and James K. Boyce
  • 4.2 The Great Land Giveaway in Mozambique Timothy A. Wise
  • 4.3 The Rocket Science of Sanitation Abhilasha Srivastava
  • 4.4 Will There Be a Just Transition to Electric Vehicles? Nick French
  • Spotlight: Workers and Environmental Justice
  • 4.5 A Superfund for Workers Jeremy Brecher
  • 4.5 Essential, But Treated as Expendable Lin Nelson
• Chapter 5: Resources and Rents
  • 5.1 Rent Capture: To What End? Alejandro Reuss
  • 5.2 Rent in a Warming World James K. Boyce
  • 5.3 Sharing the Wealth of the Commons Peter Barnes
  • 5.4 Whose Right to Water Kevin Murray
  • 5.5 Land Reform: A Precondition for Sustainable Economic Development Jawied Nawabi
  • Spotlight: The Economics and Politics of Fracking
  • 5.6 Frackonomics: The Science and Economics of the Gas Boom Rob Larson
  • 5.9 Mixing Oil and Water Bill Barclay
• Chapter 6: Climate Change
  • 6.1 Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces Frank Ackerman
  • 6.2 Can We Afford a Stable Climate? Frank Ackerman
  • 6.3 Want a Cool Planet? Raise Gas Prices! Marc Breslow
  • 6.4 Neoliberalism and Climate Change Robert Pollin
  • 6.5 Unnatural Disaster Débora Nunes
  • 6.6 Reducing Greenhoues Gases Arthur MacEwan
  • 6.7 Is a Rapid Green-Energy Switch Prohibitively Costly? Arthur MacEwan
  • 6.8 How “Big Oil” Works the System and Keeps Winning Naomi Oreskes and Jeff Nesbit
  • 6.9 Climate Change, Social Justice, and the Green New Deal Arthur MacEwan
  • 6.10 Inequality and Climate Change Arthur MacEwan
• Chapter 7: Agriculture, Food, and Sustainability
  • 7.1 What Can We Learn from Agriculture? Arthur MacEwan
  • 7.2 U.S. Agriculture Needs a 21st-Century New Deal Maywa Montenegro, Joshua Sbicca, and Annie Shattuck
  • 7.3 Exporting Water in the Era of Climate Cataclysm Bill Barclay
  • 7.4 If You Like Piña Coladas... Alfredo R. M. Rosete
  • 7.5 Famine Myths William Moseley
  • Spotlight: Genetically Modified Organisms
  • 7.6 High Risks, Few Rewards for Mexico with Monsanto's Maize Timothy A. Wise
  • 7.7 Stop Cheapening Mexico’s White and Native Corn Interview by Timothy A. Wise with Víctor Suárez Carrera/i>
• Contributors