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The Spirit of Green

Business and Economics

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The Spirit of Green

The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded WorldBy William D. NordhausNarrated by Mack Sanderson

The Spirit of Green

Length10h 10m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Mack Sanderson provides an engaging account of how "green thinking" could cure many of the world's most serious problems, from global warming to pandemics Solving the world's biggest problems—from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and corporate malfeasance—requires, more than anything else, coming up with new ways to manage the powerful interactions that surround us. For carbon emissions and other environmental damage, this means ensuring that those responsible pay their full costs rather than continuing to pass them along to others, including future generations. In The Spirit of Green, Nobel Prize–winning economist William Nordhaus describes a new way of green thinking that would help us overcome our biggest challenges without sacrificing economic prosperity, in large part by accounting for the spillover costs of economic collisions. In a discussion that ranges from the history of the environmental movement to the Green New Deal, Nordhaus explains how the spirit of green thinking provides a compelling and hopeful new perspective on modern life. At the heart of green thinking is a recognition that the globalized world is shaped not by isolated individuals but rather by innumerable interactions inside and outside the economy. He shows how rethinking economic efficiency, sustainability, politics, profits, taxes, individual ethics, corporate social responsibility, finance, and more would improve the effectiveness and equity of our society. And he offers specific solutions—on how to price carbon, how to pursue low-carbon technologies, how to design an efficient tax system, and how to foster international cooperation through climate clubs. The result is a groundbreaking new vision of how we can have our environment and our economy too.

Audiobook details

GenreBusiness and Economics

Length10 hrs 10 mins

Narrated byMack Sanderson

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateMay 18, 2021

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Anno, Chapter 1 - Preface

14Chapter 14 - Green Politics in Practice

2Part 1, Foundations of a Green Society, Chapter 2 - Green History

15Chapter 15 - The Green New Deal

3Chapter 3 - Principles of a Green Society

16Part 4, Green Across the Social and Economic Landscape, Chapter 16 - Profits in a Green Economy

4Chapter 4 - Green Efficiency

17Chapter 17 - Green Taxes

5Chapter 5 - Regulating Externalities

18Chapter 18 - The Double Externality of Green Innovation

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6Chapter 6 - Green Federalism

19Chapter 19 - Individual Ethics in a Green World

7Chapter 7 - Green Fairness

20Chapter 20 - Green Corporations and Social Responsibility

8Part 2, Sustainability in a Perilous World, Chapter 8 - Green Economics and Concepts of Sustainability

21Chapter 21 - Green Finance

9Chapter 9 - Green National Accounting

22Part 5, Global Green, Chapter 22 - Green Planet?

10Chapter 10 - The Lure of Exo-civilizations

23Chapter 23 - Climate Compacts to Protect the Planet

11Chapter 11 - Pandemics and Other Societal Catastrophes

24Part 6, Critiques and Final Reflections, Chapter 24 - Skeptics of Green

12Part 3, Behavioralism and Green Politics, Chapter 12 - Behavioralism as the Enemy of the Green

25Chapter 25 - A Tour of the Spirit of Green, Closing Anno

13Chapter 13 - Green Political Theory

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William D. Nordhaus

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