Pricing the planet's future : the economics of discounting in an uncertain world /
Our path of economic development has generated a growing list of environmental problems including the disposal of nuclear waste, exhaustion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, climate change, and polluted land, air, and water. All these environmental problems raise the crucial challenge of d...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2013.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement. |
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| Summary: | Our path of economic development has generated a growing list of environmental problems including the disposal of nuclear waste, exhaustion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, climate change, and polluted land, air, and water. All these environmental problems raise the crucial challenge of determining what we should and should not do for future generations. It is also central to other policy debates, including, for example, the appropriate level of public debt, investment in public infrastructure, investment in education, and the level of funding for pension benefits and for researc. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400845408 1400845408 |