The Sustainable Economy The Hidden Costs of Climate Change and the Path to a Prosperous Future 1st Edition by Robert Devine 0307277178 9780307277176

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ISBN 10: 0307277178 

ISBN 13: 9780307277176

Author: Robert S Devine

An original, engaging guide to creating a sustainable economy that will combat global warming while also improving our quality of life. Pick an environmental issue. Maybe air pollution, toxic waste, or deforestation. These all seem like solid choices, but none of these is actually an environmental problem–at least, not at its heart. Deep down, they are economic problems. Nearly all the issues we classify as environmental stem from defects in the DNA of America’s current market system. This is emphatically true of our greatest environmental threat: global warming. With a focus on climate change, journalist and author Robert S. Devine reveals the fundamental flaws in the economy that enable environmental degradation. The Sustainable Economy is a book about economics, but it skips the equations and eases through the jargon, opting instead for compelling stories and surprising humor. Readers will encounter high-tech narwhals, struggling coal workers, orbiting giant mirrors, the kids who are suing the U.S. government over climate policy, and vanishing Alaskan towns. The Sustainable Economy looks at many of the most pressing climate issues, such as melting ice caps and farm-killing droughts, but by viewing them through the revealing lens of economics, the book delivers a fresh perspective. Devine shows how the basic mechanisms of supply and demand fail when it comes to global warming and the environment. Fortunately, he also lays out a path to an improved economy that can boost our well-being while also fostering a healthy environment. Most importantly, The Sustainable Economy shows how we can overcome the political and personal obstacles blocking progress toward a sustainable, just, and prosperous economy.

Table of contents:

1. The Price Is Wrong

2. The Most Important Number You’ve Never Heard Of

3. Going Public

4. Fat Tails

5. The Once and Future Kids

6. Tomorrow Eventually Becomes Today

7. Equity Now

8. Internal Medicine

9. Growing Pains

10. Orbiting Giant Mirrors

11. Judgment Day

12. True Value

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