The Political Economy of Fracking: Private Property, Polycentricity, and the Shale Revolution

by Ennio Piano and Ilia Murtazashvili

Book Overview

Over the past two decades, "fracking" has led to a revolution in shale gas production. For some, shale gas promised economic opportunities, cheaper energy bills, and an alternative to coal. For others, shale gas was fool's gold. Critics contend that the shale boom has occurred in a regulatory Wild West, that the response has been fractured and ineffective, or that the harmful environmental and health consequences exceed the benefits from shale...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138314765
• ISBN13: 9781138314764
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"