Main Title |
Can we afford the future? : the economics of a warming world / |
Author |
Ackerman, Frank.
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Publisher |
Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, |
Year Published |
2009 |
OCLC Number |
234304042 |
ISBN |
9781848130371; 1848130376; 9781848130388; 1848130384 |
Subjects |
Environmental economics ;
Climatic changes--Economic aspects ;
Umweltschutzkosten ;
Umweltèokonomie ;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung ;
Klimaänderung ;
Klimaschutz ;
Miljèoekonomi ;
Klimatfèorändringar--ekonomiska aspekter
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
HC79.E5 A267 2009 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
09/28/2009 |
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Collation |
viii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-145) and index. |
Contents Notes |
1. The Status Quo is Not an Option -- 2. Your Grandchildren's Lives are Important -- 3. We Need to Buy Insurance for the Planet -- 4. Climate Damages are too Valuable to Have Prices -- 5. Some Costs are Better than Others -- 6. Hot, it's Not : Climate Economics According to Lomberg -- 7. Much Less Wrong : The Stern Review vs its Critics -- 8. Climate, Equity and Development -- 9. What is to be Done? "In this book, Frank Ackerman offers a refreshing look at the economics of climate change, explaining how the arbitrary assumptions of conventional theories get in the way of understanding this urgent problem. The benefits of climate protection are vital but priceless, and hence often devalued in cost-benefit calculations. Preparation for the most predictable outcomes of global warming is less important than protection against the growing risk of catastrophic change; massive investment in new, low-carbon technologies and industries should be thought of as life insurance for the planet." "Ackerman makes an impassioned plea to construct a better economics, arguing that the solutions are affordable and the alternative is unthinkable. If we can't afford the future, what are we saving our money for?" "Can We Afford the Future? is part of The New Economics series, which uses the ideas behind a new, more human economics to provide a fresh way of looking at major contemporary issues."--Page [4] cover. |
Place Published |
London ; New York New York |
Title Ser Add Ent |
New economics (Zed Books) |
PUB Date Free Form |
c2009 |
Series Title Untraced |
The new economics |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2009370006 |
Merged OCLC records |
236332172; 272284230 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20090924140006 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01861cam 2200517 a 45020 |