Natural resources, the environment, and human welfare
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Natural resources, the environment, and human welfare
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Liberty, property, environmentalism / Carol M. Rose
- Who is the invader? Alien species, property rights, and the police power / Mark Sagoff
- Politics and property in natural resources / Andrew P. Morriss
- Two theories of environmental regulation / John Hasnas
- The end of the externality revolution / A.H. Barnett and Bruce Yandle
- Freedom and dependency in an environmental age / Andrew Dobson
- The call of nature / Charles T. Rubin
- Do global warming and climate change represent a serious threat to our welfare and environment? / Michael E. Mann
- History, politics, and claims of man-made global warming / John David Lewis
- Suppressing liberty, censoring information, wasting resources, and calling it good for the environment / J.R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee
- Taking property rights seriously : the case of climate change / Jonathan H. Adler
- Should endangered species have standing? Toward legal rights for listed species / J. Baird Callicott and William Grove-Fanning
- The Endangered Species Act, regulatory takings, and public goods / N. Scott Arnold
- Understanding the precautionary principle and its threat to human welfare / H. Sterling Burnett
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Description
Modern industrial societies have achieved a level of economic prosperity undreamed of in earlier times, but in the view of the contemporary environmental movement, the prosperity has come at the cost of serious degradations to the natural world. For environmental advocates, problems such as resource depletion, air and water pollution, global warming and the loss of biodiversity represent due threats to the well-being of human societies and the planet itself. But just how serious are these threats and how should we go about confronting them? Do environmental problems call for more extensive government controls over industrial activity, energy policy and the like, or is it possible to find solutions by harnessing the incentives of the free market? The essays in this collection address these questions and explore related issues.
Table of Contents
- 1. Liberty, property, environmentalism Carol M. Rose
- 2. Who is the invader? Alien species, property rights, and the police power Mark Sagoff
- 3. Politics and property in natural resources Andrew P. Morriss
- 4. Two theories of environmental regulation John Hasnas
- 5. The end of the externality revolution A. H. Barnett and Bruce Yandle
- 6. Freedom and dependency in an environmental age Andrew Dobson
- 7. The call of nature Charles T. Rubin
- 8. Do global warming and climate change represent a serious threat to our welfare and environment? Michael E. Mann
- 9. History, politics, and claims of man-made global warming John David Lewis
- 10. Suppressing liberty, censoring information, wasting resources, and calling it good for the environment J. R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee
- 11. Taking property rights seriously: the case of climate change Jonathan H. Adler
- 12. Should endangered species have standing? Towards legal rights for listed species J. Baird Callicott and William Grove-Fanning
- 13. The Endangered Species Act, regulatory takings, and public goods N. Scott Arnold
- 14. Understanding the precautionary principle and its threat to human welfare H. Sterling Burnett.
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