Re: [OPE] New Book on the Economics of Climate Change

Yeah, it's a bummer this climate change. But will it get hotter or
colder? Why spend TeraDollars to fight anthropogenic global warming when
we might be in for a mini Ice Age or even a full blown one.

On the other hand a totally point investment of Teradollars might get us
out of the slump. Dig a hole and fill it up again with permafrost

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 19:52 +0100, GERALD LEVY wrote:
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:24:43 -0500
> From: GDAEAnnounce@tufts.edu
> Subject: New Book on the Economics of Climate Change
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> Can We Afford the Future?
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> The Economics of a Warming World
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> By Frank Ackerman
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> According to many scientists, climate change is a growing threat to
> life as we know it, requiring a large-scale, immediate response.
> According to many economists, climate change is a moderately important
> problem; the best policy is a slow, gradual start, to avoid spending
> too much. They can't both be right.
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> In this book, Frank Ackerman, Senior Research Fellow at GDAE, offers a
> refreshing look at the economics of climate change, explaining how the
> arbitrary assumptions of conventional theories get in the way of
> understanding this urgent problem. The benefits of climate protection
> are vital but priceless, and hence often devalued in cost-benefit
> calculations. Preparation for the most predictable outcomes of global
> warming is less important than protection against the growing risk of
> catastrophic change; massive investment in new, low carbon
> technologies and industries should be thought of as life insurance for
> the planet.
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> Ackerman makes an impassioned plea to construct a better economics,
> arguing that the solutions are affordable and the alternative is
> unthinkable. If we can't afford the future, what are we saving our
> money for?
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> For information on how to order the book, visit
> http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/publications/other_books/can_we_afford_future.htm
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> TABLE OF CONTENTS
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> The Status Quo is not an Option
> Your Grandchildren’s Lives are Important
> We Need to Buy Insurance for the Planet
> Climate Damages are too Valuable to Have Prices
> Some Costs are Better than Others
> Hot, it’s Not: Climate Economics According to Lomberg
> Much Less Wrong: The Stern Review vs its Critics
> Climate, Equity and Development
> What is to Be Done?
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> Praise for Can we Afford the Future?
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> “Frank Ackerman provides the much-needed ammunition for advocates of
> strong climate policy to debunk the conclusion that stabilizing our
> future climate is ‘too expensive.’”
> Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University
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> “This book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the
> major economic debates around the major new long-term change of our
> times – global warming. Frank Ackerman has done us all a great
> service with this very accessible critical survey of the varied and
> complicated issues involved.”
> Jomo Kwame Sundaram, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic
> Development
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> “This is a clear, readable first book for the non-economist, to start
> understanding the economics around climate change, and the various
> differing arguments by economists…”
> John Mashey (unsolicited customer review on amazon.com)
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