The economics of the Yasuní initiative : climate change as if thermodynamics mattered /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vogel, Joseph Henry
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Environmental policy > Economic aspects. Environmental policy > Economic aspects > Ecuador. Climatic changes > Economic aspects. Greenhouse gas mitigation > Economic aspects.

Table of 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.