Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change
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Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change
By (Author) James Boyce
Anthem Press
Anthem Press
15th October 2019
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
338.927
Physical Properties
Paperback
172
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 26mm
454g
Description
Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The goal of economic policy should be to grow the good things that improve our well-being and environmental quality and reduce the bad things that harm humans and nature. To reorient the economy for these ends, we will need to achieve a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and power. Global climate change - the most pressing environmental challenge of our time - adds urgency to this task and creates historic opportunities for moving towards a greener future.
Author Bio
James K. Boyce is a senior fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute and professor emeritus of economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. His previous books include Economics, the Environment, and Our Common Wealth (2013), Reclaiming Nature (2007), Natural Assets (2003) and The Political Economy of the Environment (2002).
