Main Title |
Who owns the sky? : our common assets and the future of capitalism / |
Author |
Barnes, Peter,
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Publisher |
Island Press, |
Year Published |
2001 |
OCLC Number |
46590035 |
ISBN |
1559638540; 9781559638548; 1559638559; 9781559638555 |
Subjects |
Air quality management--Economic aspects--United States ;
Space debris--Economic aspects--United States ;
Airspace (Law)--United States ;
Climatic changes--Government policy--United States ;
Global environmental change--Government policy--United States ;
Capitalism--United States ;
Luftraum ;
Nutzungsrecht ;
Luftverschmutzung ;
USA
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Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ESAM |
HC110.A4B297 2000 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
01/11/2002 |
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Collation |
xix, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Winds of change -- The sky is filling! -- Selling the sky -- Who owns the sky? -- How a sky trust would work -- Photo album -- Thought experiments for economists -- The new commons -- Capitalism 2.0. "In Who Owns the Sky? visionary entrepreneur Peter Barnes redefines the debate about the costs and benefits of addressing climate change. He proposes a market-based institution called a Sky Trust that would set limits on carbon emissions and pay dividends to all of us, who collectively own the atmosphere as a commons. The Trust would be funded by requiring polluters to pay for the right to emit carbon dioxide and managed by a nongovernmental agency. Dividends would be paid annually, in much the same way that residents of Alaska today receive cash benefits from oil companies that drill in their state."--Jacket. |