Economics for People and the Planet

Economics for People and the Planet, a collection of essays by James K. Boyce on the environment, inequality and the economy, argues that there is not an inexorable trade-off between advancing human well-being and having a clean and safe environment. The audiobook version of Economics for People and the Planet features new chapters on the Green New Deal and the environmental costs of inequality. Table of contents: Foreword by Manuel Pastor Part I: Rethinking Economics and the Environment Chapter 1. Limits to Growth – of What? Chapter 2. The Twin Tragedies of Open Access Chapter 3. Pursuing Profits – or Power? Chapter 4. Rent in a Warming World Chapter 5. Universal Assets for Universal Income Chapter 6. Universal Basic Income: Six Questions Chapter 7. Environmentalism’s Original Sin Chapter 8. Rethinking Extinction Part II: Environmental Injustice Chapter 9. Inequality and the Environment Chapter 10. Clean Air for All Chapter 11. Letter from Flint Chapter 12. Let Them Drink Pollution? Chapter 13. Letter from Delhi Chapter 14. Mapping the Environmental Riskscape Chapter 15. Cleaning the Air and Cooling the Planet Chapter 16. The Environmental Cost of Inequality Part III: Climate Policy Chapter 17. Smart Climate Policy Chapter 18. Truth Spill Chapter 19. Four Pillars of Climate Justice Chapter 20. The Perverse Logic of Greenhouse Gas Offsets Chapter 21. Carbon Dividends: Climate Policy as Wealth Creation Chapter 22. Keeping the Government Whole Chapter 23. Freedom from Fossil Fuels is Good for Your Health Chapter 24. Climate Adaptation: Protecting Money or People? Chapter 25. Carbon Dividends and the Green New Deal Chapter 26. Forging a Sustainable Climate Policy