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Author:   Gar W. Lipow
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9780313398193

ISBN 10:   0313398194
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   12 March 2012
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Series Foreword Acknowledgments 1 Introduction PART I: SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS Section I: Sources of Waste 2 Markets Inefficiently and Wastefully Address Costs Such as Energy, Emissions, and Water 3 Nonmarket Social Failures Also Cause the Waste That Leads to Climate Change Section II: Solutions That Directly Tackle the Climate Crisis Will Increase Prosperity as a Side Effect 4 Reducing and Compensating for Inequality and Atomization 5 Public Investment Is One Direct Solution to the Climate Crisis 6 Where Will the Money for Public Investment Come From? 7 Public Investment Will Increase GDP and Prosperity 8 Rule-Based Regulation 9 Emission Pricing Can Reinforce Public Investment and Regulations as Solutions to the Climate Crisis 10 Other Direct Policies: Surviving the Harm We Have Already Done, Climate Justice, and Trade Section III: Policies That Indirectly Lower Emissions as a Side Effect of Increasing Prosperity 11 Social Consumption 12 Leisure, GDP, and Sustainability Section IV: Conclusion to Part I 13 Politics: ""If You Wanna Get to Heaven, You Got to Raise a Little Hell"" PART II: EXTENDED DISCUSSION AND APPENDICES Section I: Extended Discussion 14 Technological Solutions 15 Nuclear Energy 16 Measuring Military Spending 17 Why the Deficit Is Not a Problem Section II: Appendices 18 Energy Demand Elasticity 19 The Energy Efficiency Gap 20 Accounting for Resource Flows Glossary References Index"

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Gar W. Lipow is an activist and independent journalist.

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