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| Eco-pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel A. Farber
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
List Price: $28.00
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Sales Rank: 2123679
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 210
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0226238067
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7056
EAN: 9780226238067
ASIN: 0226238067
Publication Date: May 1, 1999
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As a nation, we are committed in principle to environmental protection. But on a practical level, bitter debates continue to rage over exactly what that means. Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to assess the values of future environmental benefits; how to use economic measurements of environmental values; and how to streamline the regulatory process to respond to changing scientific data. Farber steers a middle course between the "bean counters," who advocate strict cost-benefit analysis, and the "tree huggers," who favor environmental protection at any cost. Eco-pragmatism explores--clearly and accessibly--the fundamental issues in environmental economics, the philosophical disputes over the legitimacy of cost-benefit analysis, and the legal issues involved in applying and interpreting complex environmental statues. Synthesizing the best of our existing regulatory regime, Farber's analysis cuts a clear and sensible path through the thickets surrounding environmental policy.
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