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" Economics, the environment and our common wealth / "
James K. Boyce
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BL
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646880
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Boyce, James K
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Economics, the environment and our common wealth /\ James K. Boyce
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Cheltenham ;Northampton, Mass. :: Edward Elgar,, c2013
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x, 181 p
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9781781000007 (hardback)
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: 178100000X (hardback)
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: 9781782547679 (e-book)
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: 1782547673 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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1. The environment as our common heritage -- 2. Is inequality bad for the environment? -- 3. In the wake of the storm : disasters and environmental justice -- 4. Justice in the air : tracking america's industrial toxics -- 5. Where credit is due -- 6. Cap and dividend : carbon revenue as common wealth -- 7. A Chinese sky trust -- 8. A future for small farms -- 9. Globalization and our environmental future
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Comprising a decade's worth of essays written since the publication of the author's pathbreaking book, The Political Economy of the Environment (2002), this volume discusses a number of diverse environmental issues through an economist's lens. Topics covered include environmental justice, disaster response, globalization and the environment, industrial toxins and other pollutants, cap-and-dividend climate policies, and agricultural biodiversity
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Environmental economics
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HC79.E5B69 2013
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Edward Elgar Publishing
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