Sustainability and Policy
Limits to Economics

 

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Sustainability and Policy
Limits to Economics

by Michael S. Common (Author)

 

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ISBN: 9780521436052

 

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An economic analysis of the sustainability problem - how to solve poverty without destroying the environment.


Two of the greatest problems facing the human race today are poverty and the threat to the natural environment. Economic growth is routinely advocated as the solution to poverty, but the natural environment is already threatened by current levels of economic activity. This compelling book examines both economic and ecological approaches to this dilemma, and considers policy issues for industrial economies. It also includes a useful review of recent literature in the area. Michael Common argues that economists rarely address threats to sustainability. He suggests that, while economics cannot offer a blueprint for a sustainable society, the use of economic or price incentives can help achieve social goals and address threats to sustainability.This book is a balanced, constructive and original contribution in the rapidly emerging fields of environmental economics and policy.


 

ISBN 521436052
ISBN13 9780521436052
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Format Paperback
Publication date 28/07/1995
Pages 360
Weight (grammes) 645
Published in United Kingdom
Height (mm) 228
Width (mm) 152

1. Introduction
2. The world economy: north and south
3. Sustainability
4. history and perspective
5. Thinking about futures
6. Economics
7. Resource and environmental economics
8. Some new economics
9. National Policy
10. The international dimension
11. Postscript.

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