The current controversy over the future of the forest in Clayoquot Sound is seen by many as typifying the unsolvable conflict between jobs and the environment. In The Green Economy, Michael Jacobs rejects both the traditional Green demand for 'zero growth' and the new economic orthodoxy which seeks to give the environment a monetary value. In their place, he defines the concept of 'sustainability,' as founded in a concern for future generations. But what is sustainable development? How can it be achieved?
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Cogent and persuasive ... stands out on the expanding shelves of Green literature. Financial Times Jacobs takes the reader through a thorough and cogent treatment of virtually all the main questions currently at issue in the field of environmental economics. In a field rife with ideological polemic from both critics and defenders of "economic approaches" to environmental problems, it is refreshing to read a clear and even-handed discussion of the issues. Readers interested in the economics and politics of the environment will find themselves both more knowledgeable and more thoughtful about the economics and politics of the environment after reading this book. -- John Robinson The Canadian Geographer Michael Jacobs is one of the most talented and innovative writers in the environmental movement of the 1990s. RSA Journal
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Michael Jacobs is an environmental economist, consultant on local economic development and environmental policy, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change, Lancaster University.
Introduction Part I: Analysis 1. The Economy and the Environmental Crisis 2. Whose Environment? 3. The Invisible Elbow: Market Forces and Environmental Degradation 4. Capitalism, Industrialism and Green Politics Part II: Objectives 5. Sustainable Development: Beyond 'Zero Growth' 6. Valuing the Environment: The 'Orthodox Economists's' Approach to Environmental Protection 7. Sustainability: Protecting the Future 8. Making Sustainability Operational: The Meaning of 'Environmental Capacity' 9. Environmental Efficiency, Entropy and Energy Part III: Programme 10. Sustainability Planning 11. Instruments for Environmental Protection 12. Regulations versus Financial Incentives? 13. The Role of Government Expenditure 14. Equity and the Integration of Social and Environmental Policy 15. Global Environmental Economic Policy Part IV: Measurement 16. Making Environmental Decisions (1): The Limits of Cost-Benefit Analysis 17. Making Environmental Decisions (2): Monetary Valuation of the Environment 18. Measuring Success 19. The Standard of Living and the Quality of Life Notes Bibliography Index
