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Author:

Roodman, David Malin.

Title:

The natural wealth of nations : harnessing the market for the environment / David Malin Roodman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

303 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Natural resources.
Wealth.
Desarrollo económico--Aspectos ambientales.
Recursos naturales.
Développement économique--Aspect de l'environnement.
Ressources naturelles.
Richesse.

Notes:

The data from all graphs and tables in the book are available on disk (from Worldwatch Institute, Washington, D.C.) for use with IBM-compatible or Macintosh computers. The data are formatted for use with spreadsheet software compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 version 2, including all Lotus spreadsheets, Quattro Pro, Excel, SuperCalc, and others. Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-292) and index.

Contents:

14. The Political Marketplace. I. The Price of Paying the Polluter. 2. Subsidy Anatomy. 3. Resource Subsidies. 4. Cash Subsidies. 5. Infrastructure Subsidies II. New Directions. 6. Reforming Subsidies for the Polluter. 7. Capturing Resource Windfalls. 8. Paying the Non Polluter. 9. Taxing the Polluter III. From Theory to Practice. 10. Environmental Taxes: Practical Limits and Potential. 11. Making Reform Fair. 12. Tax Cuts. 13. An Eco Industrial Revolution. 14. The Political Marketplace.

Series:

The Worldwatch environmental alert series

ISBN:

9780393318524 (pbk.)
0393318524 (pbk.)

LCCN:

98228480

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