Description
Book SynopsisHeal presents a coherent framework for understanding the Earth's future from an economic perspective and offers a dynamic new blueprint for comprehending sustainability.
Trade ReviewCareful, rigorous analyses such as those conducted in this book should help focus the debate about the perplexing and consequential issues that fall under the rubric of sustainability. -- Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer Journal of Economic Literature
Table of ContentsAppendix Project evaluation National welfare Measuring national income Policy issues Capital and renewable resources Exhaustibility and accumulation Capital accumulation Investment in a backstop Renewable resources revisited Depletion revisited Alternatives to utilitarianism A broader perspective Renewable resources Valuing a depletable stock The classical formulation Sustainability within a classical framework
