Environmental Conflict: In Search of Common Ground

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State University of New York Press, 2012 M02 1 - 186 pages
This straightforward translation of environmental economics discusses issues and concerns that have long-lasting and often substantial effects. The authors bridge the gap between the natural and social sciences by examining how economic decisions interact with the environment. In addition, they explain why economics plays an important role in clarifying environmental issues and formulating solutions. Environmental Conflict analyzes policy choices and provides a basic methodology for understanding a broad range of environmental topics. These include the tragedy of the commons, the importance of incentives and markets, the role of government, property rights, benefit-cost analysis, natural resource use, pollution control, economic growth, international trade, global warming, and biodiversity loss.

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Contents

More than You Know
1
How Economists Think
15
Why Do We Spoil the Environment?
35
Weighing the Value of Environmental Goods
53
Preserving Our Natural Resources
67
Biodiversity Loss
83
Solving Pollution Problems
95
Acid Rain Ozone Depletion and Global Warming
119
The Environment and Economic Growth
131
Im Beginning to See the Light
143
Notes
153
Bibliography and Selected Readings
161
Index
169
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About the author (2012)

Jeffrey J. Pompe is Professor of Economics at Francis Marion University. James R. Rinehart is the Phillip N. Truluck Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Francis Marion University, and the coauthor of American Education and the Dynamics of Choice.

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