| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 406 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
The Lionel Robbins lectures
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Lionel Robbins lectures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-398) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I A Planet between Peril and Prosperity; 1 The Science: How It Shapes the Economics, Ethics, Politics, and the Possible Prognoses; 2 Building a New Energy-Industrial Revolution; Part II The Principles and Logic of Policy for Change: Economics and Ethics; 3 Policies for Dynamic Change and Transition: Lessons from Economic History and Economic Theory; 4 How Some Economic Analyses Have Distorted the Issues; 5 The Ethics of Intertemporal Values and Valuations. |
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6 Broad Approaches to Moral and Political Philosophy: Converging PerspectivesPart III Action around the World: Progress, Collaboration, Equity; 7 Developments in Climate Action around the World; 8 Building National and International Action; 9 Equity across Peoples and Nations; 10 Conclusion: How Ideas Change over Time; Notes; Sources; Index. |
| Summary |
An urgent case for climate change action that forcefully sets out, in economic, ethical, and political terms, the dangers of delay and the benefits of action. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Economic aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Economic aspects. |
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Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy. |
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Environmental policy -- Economic aspects.
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Environmental policy -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Stern, N.H. (Nicholas Herbert). Why are we waiting? Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015] 9780262029186 (DLC) 2014039907 (OCoLC)893317123 |
| ISBN |
9780262329200 (electronic book) |
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0262329204 (electronic book) |
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9780262329217 (electronic book) |
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0262329212 (electronic book) |
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9780262029186 |
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0262029189 |
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9780262529983 |
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026252998X |
| Standard No. |
12140842 |
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