Economic Growth and the Environment: An Introduction to the Theory

by Clas Eriksson

Book Overview

Economic Growth and the Environment explores the debate on how to reconcile economic growth with protection of the natural environment, and the closely related discussion on whether an increasing scarcity of natural resources will eventually force economic growth to cease. The debate focuses on whether environmental policies will benefit the economy or not, and is divided into growth optimists and growth pessimists. In general, economists have been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198705425
• ISBN13: 9780198705420
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"