The economics of the Yasun�i initiative [electronic resource] : climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / Joseph Henry Vogel ; foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky.
Publication details: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009.Description: xxvi, 117 p. : ill., col. portsISBN:- 1843318784 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781843318743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1843318741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1843318636 (e-book)
- 9781843318781
- 9781843318637 (e-book)
- 333.701 22
- HC79.E5 V63 2009eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Thermodynamics : the language chosen defines the debate -- The tragedy of the commons : a class of problems that has no technical solution -- The willful ignorance of realpolitik : market failure or cost-shifting success? -- The general theory of second best : a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal -- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy : financing shovel-ready projects -- Conclusions : reason for hope and despair.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.