Economic Thought and U. S. Climate Change Policy

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Author: David M. Driesen

ISBN-10: 0262042525

ISBN-13: 9780262042529

Category: Economics - General & Miscellaneous

The United States, once a world leader in addressing international environmental challenges, became a vigorous opponent of action on climate change over the past two decades, repudiating regulation and promoting only ineffectual voluntary actions to meet a growing global threat. Why has the United States failed so utterly to address the most pressing environmental issue of the age? This book argues that the failure arose from an unyielding ideological stance that embraced free markets and...

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Experts examine how reliance on free markets contributed to the U.S. failure to address climate change and offer recommendations for new ideas to guide policy.