But Will the Planet Notice? : How Smart Economics Can Save the World

English

ISBN: 0809032732

EAN: 9780809032730

Category: Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy/Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection/

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 09/04/2012

Synopsis: You are one of seven billion people on Earth. Whatever you or I do personallyeat tofu in a Hummer or hamburgers in a Priusthe planet doesnt notice. In our confrontation with climate change, species preservation, and a planet going off the cliff, it is what several billion people do that makes a difference. The solution? It isnt science, politics, or activism. Its smarter economics. The hope of mankind, and indeed of every living thing on the planet, is now in the hands of the dismal science. Fortunately, weve been there before. Economists helped crack the acid rain problem in the 1990s (admittedly with a strong assist from a phalanx of lawyers and activists). Economists have helped get lead out of our gas, and they can explain why lobsters havent disappeared off the coast of New England but tuna is on the verge of extinction. More disquietingly, they can take the lessons of the financial crisis and model with greater accuracy than anyone else the likelihood of environmental catastrophe, and they can help save us from global warming, if only we let them.

But Will the Planet Notice? : How Smart Economics Can Save the World

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.76 inches

Width: 5.94 inches

Length: 8.81 inches

Weight: 11.22 oz

Pages: 272