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Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy

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Edited By: David M Driesen
352 pages
Publisher: MIT Press
Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy
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  • Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy ISBN: 9780262541985 Paperback Jun 2010 Out of Print #184896
  • Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy ISBN: 9780262042529 Hardback Jun 2010 Out of Print #184895
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The United States, once a world leader in addressing international environmental challenges, became a vigorous opponent of action on climate change over the past two decades, repudiating regulation and promoting only ineffectual voluntary actions to meet a growing global threat. Why has the United States failed so utterly to address the most pressing environmental issue of the age? This book argues that the failure arose from an unyielding ideological stance that embraced free markets and viewed government action as anathema. The most notorious result of this hands-off approach was the financial meltdown of late 2008; but strict reliance on free markets also hobbled government policymakers' response to the challenge of global warming.

This book explores the relationship between free-market fundamentalism and U.S. inaction on climate change and offers recommendations for new approaches that can lead to effective climate-change policy and improve enviromental, health, and safety policies in general. After describing the evolution of U.S. climate change policy and the influence of neoliberal economic thought, the book takes up the question of what ideas might supersede the neoliberal reliance on cost-benefit analysis, overly broad market-based mechanisms, and rejection of precautionary approaches and environmental justice concerns.

With a new administration in Washington, the need for a new policy framework is acute; this book supplies a timely guide to the kinds of policies that are most promising.

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David M. Driesen is University Professor at Syracuse University College of Law. He is the author of The Economic Dynamics of Environmental Law (MIT Press, 2003), winner of the 2004 Lynton Keith Caldwell Award for best book on environmental policy, presented by the American Political Science Association.
Out of Print
Edited By: David M Driesen
352 pages
Publisher: MIT Press
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This book is original, timely, and important. Best of all, it addresses the economics, politics, and ethics regarding a crucial public policy issue. Written in clear language and accessible to anyone interested in the topic, Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy is a must-read. --Robert Paehlke, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Trent University "This book takes on the dominant ideology in America regarding climate change. I recommend it to students and researchers interested in the economics of climate change policy." --Joel Kassiola, Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, San Francisco State University
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