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Natural Resources, the Environment, and Human Welfare

ISBN: 9780521139748 | 0521139740
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 9/27/2010

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SummaryTable of Contents
Modern industrial societies have achieved a level of economic prosperity undreamed of in earlier times, but on the view of the contemporary environmental movement, this prosperity has come at the cost of serious degradations to the natural world. For environmental advocates, problems such as resource depletion, air and water pollution, global warming, and the loss of biodiversity represent dire threats to the well-being of human societies and the planet itself. But just how serious are these threats, and how should we go about confronting them?... MORE
Introductionp. v
Acknowledgmentsp. xvi
Contributorsp. xvii
Liberty, Property, Environmentalismp. 1
Who is the Invader? Alien Species, Property Rights, and the Police Powerp. 26
Politics and Property in Natural Resourcesp. 53
Two Theories of Environmental Regulationp. 95
The End of the Externality Revolutionp. 130
Freedom and ... MOREp. 151
The Call of Naturep. 173
Do Global Warming and Climate Change Represent a Serious Threat to Our Welfare and Environment?p. 193
History, Politics, and Claims of Man-Made Global Warmingp. 231
Suppressing Liberty, Censoring Information, Wasting Resources, and Calling it Good for the Environmentp. 272
Taking Property Rights Seriously: The Case of Climate Changep. 296
Should Endangered Species Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Listed Speciesp. 317
The Endangered Species Act, Regulatory Takings, and Public Goodsp. 353
Understanding the Precautionary Principle and its Threat to Human Welfarep. 378
Indexp. 411
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