A Poverty of Reason: Sustainable Development and Economic GrowthIndependent Institute, 2002 - 94 pages In this detailed economic investigation of sustainable development, a noted professor of economics argues that many of the alarms commonly sounded by environmentalists are, in fact, unfounded, and that current sustainable development policies should be reconsidered in light of their effects on the earth's human population, such as increased poverty and environmental degradation in developing countries. In a rare balanced counterpoint to popular sustainable development rhetoric, Professor Beckerman forces policy makers to consider whether future generations have rights that morally constrain and trump the claims of those alive today, particularly the masses of people living in dire poverty, arguing that the current sustainable development program is a menace to the prosperity and freedom of both current and future generations. |
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... climate change . For exam- ple , in its recent report on climate change the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution ( RCEP ) quotes William Nordhaus , one of the most respected economists to have studied the economic impact of climate ...
... climate change . For exam- ple , in its recent report on climate change the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution ( RCEP ) quotes William Nordhaus , one of the most respected economists to have studied the economic impact of climate ...
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... Global Climate Change : A Post - IPCC Assessment . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 79 : 9-38 . Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) . 1990. Climate Change : The IPCC Scientific Assessment . Cambridge ...
... Global Climate Change : A Post - IPCC Assessment . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 79 : 9-38 . Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) . 1990. Climate Change : The IPCC Scientific Assessment . Cambridge ...
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... climate change and , 38 ; penalization of exports and , 57 ; pre- dicted rise in world income and , 17 ; species extinction and , 2 ; timber and , 58 ; See also poverty ; Third World disease : climate change and temperate coun- tries ...
... climate change and , 38 ; penalization of exports and , 57 ; pre- dicted rise in world income and , 17 ; species extinction and , 2 ; timber and , 58 ; See also poverty ; Third World disease : climate change and temperate coun- tries ...
Contents
What Is Sustainable Development | 1 |
Finite Resources and the Prospects | 9 |
Energy and Biodiversity | 19 |
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