The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative

Climate Change as if Thermodynamics Mattered
Langbeschreibung
Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuníiacute; is equitable and efficient.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Joseph Henry Vogel, with a Foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky
ISBN-13:
9781843318781
Veröffentl:
2010
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.2010
Seiten:
148
Autor:
Joseph Henry Vogel
Gewicht:
328 g
Format:
222x145x12 mm
Sprache:
Englisch

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