| Author | : Michael Roos |
| File Size | : 45,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 13 November 2020 |
| ISBN | : 9783030484231 |
| Pages | : 170 pages |
Climate Economics by Michael Roos Book PDF Summary
This book is a philosophical critique of the economics of climate change from both an ethical and philosophy of economics perspective. Mitigating climate change is not so much a scientific problem, but rather a political, social and above all an economic problem. A future without greenhouse gas emissions requires a radical transformation towards a sustainable low-carbon economy and society. How this transformation could be achieved raises numerous economic questions. Many of these questions remain untouched, although economists are equipped with a suitable toolkit and expertise. This book argues that economists have a social responsibility to carry out more research on how global warming could be stopped and that, ultimately, economic analysis of climate change must be a political economic approach that treats the economy as part of a wider social system. This approach will be of interest to policy makers, educators, students and researchers in support of more pluralism in economic research and teaching.