The Green Paradox
A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2012
Summary
A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.The Earth is getting warmer. Yet, as Hans-Werner Sinn points out in this provocative book, the dominant policy approach-which aims to curb consumption of fossil energy-has been ineffective. Despite policy makers’ efforts to promote alternative energy, impose emission controls on cars, and enforce tough energy-efficiency standards for b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262016681 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262016680 |
| Author: | Hans-Werner Sinn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 14mm |
| Series: | The Green Paradox |
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”… The Green Paradox is an informative, thoughtful, andinteresting account of how we might fight the scourge of climate change.“– A. A.Batabyal , Choice
…Sinn’s conscientious, gentle voice and reasonable proposals portray a humanist sincerely seeking practical solutions.
* Publishers Weekly *… The Green Paradox is an informative, thoughtful, and interesting account of how we might fight the scourge of climate change.
* Choice *About The Author
Hans-Werner Sinn
Hans-Werner Sinn is Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich and President of the CESIfo Group. Author of Can Germany Be Saved? The Malaise of the World’s First Welfare State (MIT Press) and other books, he is former president of the International Institute of Public Finance, and former chairman of the German Economic Association.
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