Vogel, Joseph Henry.

The economics of the Yasun�i initiative climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / [electronic resource] : Joseph Henry Vogel ; foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky. - London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009. - xxvi, 117 p. : ill., col. ports.

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.


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Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
Environmental policy--Economic aspects--Ecuador.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Greenhouse gas mitigation--Economic aspects.


Electronic books.

HC79.E5 / V63 2009eb

333.701