Joseph Henry Vogel

The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative (eBook, PDF)

Climate Change as if Thermodynamics Mattered

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Produktbeschreibung

Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Vogel argues that mainstream economics fails to recognize the thermodynamic nature of climate change, thereby missing the point of Northern appropriation of the atmospheric sink. The payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient. Heeding the call of Deirdre (formerly Donald) McCloskey that economics needs humor, Vogel has written a scathing critique of economics-as-usual which also entertains.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781843318637
• Artikelnr.: 44457392

Autorenporträt

Joseph Henry Vogel, with a Foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue by José Manuel Hermida
Foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Thermodynamics: The Language Chosen Defines the Debate
Chapter 2: The Tragedy of the Commons: A Class of Problems that has no Technical Solution
Chapter 3: The Willful Ignorance of Realpolitik: Market Failure or Cost-shifting Success?
Chapter 4: The General Theory of Second Best: A Rigorous Justification for an Intuitively Just Proposal
Chapter 5: Through the Bottleneck of a Cowboy Economy: Financing Shovel-ready Projects
Conclusions: Reason for Hope and Despair
Appendix: Annotated YouTube Filmography
Notes
Index