The economics of the Yasuní initiative climate change as if thermodynamics mattered /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogel, Joseph Henry
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Chichilnisky, Graciela
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.