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Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation - by T Anderson & D Leal (Hardcover)

Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation - by  T Anderson & D Leal (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Free market environmentalism is an optimistic paradigm for linking dynamic environments with dynamic economies using property rights and markets to provide incentives for good resource stewardship. This book provides a new paradigm for environmentalism, offering examples of how free market environmentalism is working and confronting the limits of markets."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation provides an optimistic way of thinking about how to link dynamic environments to dynamic economies. This link begins by asking 'who owns the environment, ' the topic of chapter 3. Answering this question is critical for 'rethinking the way we think' about the environment in a way that harnesses property rights and markets to improve stewardship of our natural world. The first three chapters focus on the importance of property rights for encouraging exchange for resolving competing demands on the environment through cooperation rather than conflict. The last seven chapters cover specific applications to land management, water, fisheries, energy, and general implications for environmental entrepreneurship. The book concludes by tackling the tougher problems including management of the open oceans and climate change, two of the biggest problems facing the next generation of environmentalists<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Editors Anderson and Leal, along with this volume's contributors, make a strong argument for the cautious use of private property rights to alleviate the environmental issues people face. ... This book is extremely easy to read and will be an interesting ancillary text for a course on environmental economics, politics, or policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (B. J. Peterson, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), August, 2016)</p><p><br></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Katy Hansen Laura Huggins Holly Lipke Fretwell Shawn Regan Brandon Scarborough Lawrence Watson

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