Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade: A Systems Study

by Corey L. Lofdahl

An analytic exploration of whether trade hurts or helps the environment.

The relationship between trade and the environment has become an increasingly contentious issue between economists and environmentalists. Economists maintain that trade helps the natural environment because rich countries can better afford to protect their unspoiled areas. Environmentalists counter that the pursuit of national wealth drives global environmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262122456
• ISBN13: 9780262122450
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher