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[(A Poverty of Reason: Sustainable Development and Economic Growth )] [Author: Wilfred Beckerman] [Jan-2003]
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: B00LXFKRUE
Book Description
A Poverty of Reason In this detailed economic investigation of sustainable development, a noted professor of economics argues that many of the alarms commonly sounded by environmentalists are, in fact, unfounded, and that current sustainable development policies should be reconsidered in light of their effects on the earth’s human population, such as increased poverty and environmental degradation in developing countries. In a rare balanced counterpoint to popular sustainable development rhetoric, Professor Beckerman forces policy makers to consider whether future generations have rights that morally constrain and trump the claims of those alive today, particularly the masses o…
