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  • The Half-Life of Policy Rationales

    How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues

    Edited by Fred E. Foldvary, Daniel B. Klein ...
    The Half-Life of Policy Rationales argues that the appropriateness of policy depends on the state of technology, and that the justifications for many public policies are dissolving as technology advances. As new detection and metering technologies are being developed for highways, parking, and auto emissions, and information becomes more accessible and user-friendly, this volume argues that ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    by L. Hunter Lovins, Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken ...
    There are no more reespected voices in the environmental movement than these authors, true counselors on the direction of twenty-first-century business. With hundreds of thousands of books sold worldwide, they have set the agenda for rational, ecologically sound industrial development. In this inspiring book they define a superior & sustainable form of capitalism based on a system that radically ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of American Growth

    The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

    by Robert J. Gordon, Robert J. Gordon ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? ... Read more

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  • Sonic Boom

    Globalization at Mach Speed

    by Gregg Easterbrook ...
    What can a spell-checker tell you about economic trends? Why is the world’s supply of ideas about to double? What did America get right in the nineteenth century that it’s getting wrong in the twenty-first? If Karl Marx were alive today, would he be hosting a show on Fox News?These are just a few of the provocative questions asked by Sonic Boom, a (mainly) optimistic look at the near future. Sonic ... Read more

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  • Climatopolis

    How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

    by Matthew E Kahn ...
    "Climatopolis documents the thinking of a first-rate economist on one of the most pressing issues of our time" -- NatureWe have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there's no stopping it. The question, according to environmental economist Matthew E. Kahn, is not how we're going to avoid a hotter future but how we're going to adapt to it. In Climatopolis, Kahn argues ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The End of Growth

    Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

    by Richard Heinberg ...
    Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to drop, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable, natural limits. Richard ... Read more

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  • Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities As Economic Cities

    by Suzuki Hiroaki; Dastur Arish; Moffatt Sebastian; Yabuki Nanae; Maruyama Hinako ...
    The Eco2 Cities approach is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development. At the same time case studies are used throughout the book to provide a matter-of-fact and ground-level ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Sustainable Development

    by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal, John A. Boyd ...
    This volume is the most comprehensive textbook on sustainable development. It has been developed with students and professionals from around the world specifically for those who need a thorough grounding in the subject. Coverage includes: background to sustainable development and global environmental issues; measurement and sustainability indicators; environmental assessment, management and policy ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Tiger Economies Under Threat: A Comparative Analysis Of Malaysia's Industrial Prospects And Policy Options

    by Yusuf Shahid; Nabeshima Kaoru ...
    Southeast Asian tiger economies feel threatened by competition from other countries and worry that their growth momentum might be flagging. Even though their growth rates are above the average for the world and for developing countries, they fall short of yesterday's economic performance. The underlying worry is that they presage the beginning of a downward trend, the harbingers of which are lower ... Read more

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  • A Good Disruption

    Redefining Growth in the Twenty-First Century

    by Martin Stuchtey, Per-Anders Enkvist, Klaus Zumwinkel ...
    A Good Disruption describes how disruptive technology can be used to combat the economic challenges of our age and sets out an inspirational vision of a more effective and sustainable growth model.Disruptive technology is one of the defining economic trends of our age, transforming one major industry after another. But what is the true impact of such disruption on the world's economies, and does ... Read more

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  • Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

    Technology, Incentives, Behavior

    Edited by Fereidoon Sioshansi ...
    The complexity of carbon reduction and economic sustainability is significantly complicated by competing aspects of socioeconomic practices as well as legislative, regulatory, and scientific requirements and protocols. An easy to read and understand guide, Sioshansi, along with an international group of contributors, moves through the maze of carbon reduction methods and technologies, providing ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Creating Wealth

    Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies

    by Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Bernard Lietaer ...
    The power of local currenciesCommunities everywhere are challenged by issues such as health, elder and child care, housing, education, food security and the environment. On the surface, these problems appear to be rooted in economic crisis-forexample budget cuts have triggered reduced public services, soaring food prices have created food security concerns, and the subprime mortgage disaster has ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD