Main Title |
You can't eat GNP : economics as if ecology mattered / |
Author |
Davidson, Eric A.
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Publisher |
Perseus Pub., |
Year Published |
2000 |
OCLC Number |
44020216 |
ISBN |
0738204870; 9780738204871; 0738202762; 9780738202761 |
Subjects |
Environmental economics ;
Sustainable development ;
Human ecology--Economic aspects ;
Humanèokologie ;
Nachhaltige Entwicklung ;
Nachhaltigkeit ;
Umweltèokonomie ;
Wirtschaft
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
HC79.E5D345 2000 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
02/14/2003 |
EKCM |
HC79.E5D345 2000 |
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CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL |
09/30/2021 |
ELBM |
HC79.E5D349 2000 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
06/15/2015 |
ERAM |
HC79.E5D345 2000 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
12/01/2000 |
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Collation |
xvi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Notes |
"A Merloyd Lawrence book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236). |
Contents Notes |
Whence comes wealth? : three fallacies about economics versus the environment -- Richland for dirt cheap : two views of the value of soil -- The price is wrong : advantages and dangers of cost-benefit analysis -- Future shock discounted : another devil in the details of cost-benefit analysis -- Internalizing the externalities : buying a bunch of blue sky to limit global warming -- Global garbage : Malthus revisited -- In search of sustainability : from small landholders to macroeconomists -- Fill the earth and conquer it, but keep two of each species : can both imperatives be achieved? -- May we live in interesting times : some modest proposals for profound changes. Most estimates of wealth today are based upon gross domestic product, and many economists even see future wealth being created free of the constraints set by natural resources. Eric Davidson, scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center, calls such thinking "Marie Antoinette economics" and reveals its grave underlying fallacies. In valuing land or forests, for instance, we tend to discount their future value for our own children; in analyzing costs and benefits, the price of these natural resources upon which we ultimately depend is usually wrong; and damages to these resources are seen as "externalities." Davidson exposes these fallacies and offers a blueprint for a truly sustainable economy. |
Place Published |
Cambridge, Mass. |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Merloyd Lawrence book. |
Alternate Title |
Economics as if ecology mattered |
PUB Date Free Form |
©2000 (2001 printing) |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2001094904 |
Merged OCLC records |
46909792 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20210921213022 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
04086cam 22006974a 45010 |