Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy

Contents

Series Foreword ix Preface xiii Contributors xv Introduction 1 David M. Driesen I The Neoliberal Model’s Contribution to U.S. Failure to Address Climate Change 19 1 The United States’ Failure to Act 21 Christopher Schroeder and Robert L. Glicksman 2 Dirty Energy Policy 45 Joseph P. Tomain 3 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change: Where It Goes Wrong 61 Frank Ackerman 4 Anatomy of Industry Resistance to Climate Change: A Familiar Litany 83 Robert L. Glicksman 5 The Abandonment of Justice 107 Amy Sinden 6 Neoliberal Instrument Choice 129 David M. Driesen II Moving Forward 151 7 Collective and Individual Duties to Address Global Warming 153 Carl Cranor Contents viii Contents 8 Embracing a Precautionary Approach to Climate Change 171 John S. Applegate 9 Climate Change, Human Health, and the Post-Cautionary Principle 197 Lisa Heinzerling 10 The Cost of Greenhouse Gas Reductions 213 Thomas O. McGarity 11 Toward Distributional Justice 237 Amy Sinden and Carl Cranor 12 Toward Sustainable Technology 257 David M. Driesen 13 Adaptation, Economics, and Justice 277 Robert R. M. Verchick Conclusion: Toward a Fresh Start 297 David M. Driesen Bibliography 307 Index 341 ...