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Re-Thinking Green Re-Thinking Green

Robert Higgs , Carl P. Close

Издател: The Independent Institute

Re-Thinking Green exposes the myths that have contributed to failed environmental policies and proposes bold alternatives that recognize the power of incentives and the limitations of political and regulatory processes. It addresses some of the most hotly debated environmental issues and shows how entrepreneurship and property rights can be

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State of the World, 1991 State of the World, 1991

Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Sandra Postel

Издател: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc

Now in its eighth year, the Worldwatch Institute's "annual physical of the planet" has achieved semi-official international status. As environmental issues move from news headlines onto the political agenda, State of the World has become an indispensable guide for national leaders as well as concerned citizens on all continents. Charts and

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The Economics and Politics of Climate Change The Economics and Politics of Climate Change

Robert W. Hahn

Издател: Тhe AEI Press

Policymakers should address climate change by developing a capacity to measure greenhouse gas emissions and to implement cost-effective ways of limiting emissions.

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The Precautionary Principle The Precautionary Principle

Indur Goklany

Издател: Cato Institute

Until recently, both the American mindset and the American economy have been particularly insular. Larsson, a doctoral student and freelance writer, brings home the new world perspective in this highly personal book about the effects of globalization on large and small companies in various communities throughout the world. A Swede by birth,

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The Skeptical Environmentalist The Skeptical Environmentalist

Bjørn Lomborg

Издател: Cambridge University Press

Bjørn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the world environmental situation is getting worse and worse in his new book, The Skeptical Environmentalist. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues

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The State of Humanity The State of Humanity

Julian L. Simon

Издател: Wiley-Blackwell

This book provides a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the state of the Earth and its inhabitants at the close of the twentieth century. More than fifty scholars from all over the world present new, concise and accessible accounts of the present state of humanity and the prospects for its social and natural environment. The subjects range

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The Technology of Property Rights The Technology of Property Rights

Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill

Издател: Rowman & Littlefield

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The Ultimate Resource II The Ultimate Resource II

Julian L. Simon

Издател: Princeton University Press

Julian L. Simon is the world's greatest contrarian. The Ultimate Resource 2 - an update, not a sequel, despite the title - skewers the sacred cows of environmentalism, population control, and Paul Ehrlich. In the contest between resource scarcity and human ingenuity, Simon bets the farm on the ability of intelligent people to overcome their

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Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years

S. Fred Singer, Dennis T. Avery

Издател: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Singer and Avery present—in popular language supported by in-depth scientific evidence—the compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Using historic data from two millennia of recorded history combined with the natural physical records found in ice cores, seabed sediment, cave

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Using Federalism to Improve Environmental Policy Using Federalism to Improve Environmental Policy

Jonathan R. Macey, Henry N. Butler

Издател: The AEI Press

This book explores the effects of current regulatory policies and proposes a radical restructuring of the environmental regulatory authority. The centralization of environmental regulation has led to inflexibility and inertia in the federal government as it attempts to respond to widely diverse problems. That attempt has also placed penalties on

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