The economics of the Yasuní initiative [electronic resource] : climate change as if thermodynamics mattered / Joseph Henry Vogel ; foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009.Description: xxvi, 117 p. : ill., col. portsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.701 22
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  • HC79.E5 V63 2009eb
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Contents:
Thermodynamics : the language chosen defines the debate -- The tragedy of the commons : a class of problems that has no technical solution -- The willful ignorance of realpolitik : market failure or cost-shifting success? -- The general theory of second best : a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal -- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy : financing shovel-ready projects -- Conclusions : reason for hope and despair.
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Thermodynamics : the language chosen defines the debate -- The tragedy of the commons : a class of problems that has no technical solution -- The willful ignorance of realpolitik : market failure or cost-shifting success? -- The general theory of second best : a rigorous justification for an intuitively just proposal -- Through the bottleneck of a cowboy economy : financing shovel-ready projects -- Conclusions : reason for hope and despair.

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