Economics

• 03 November 2024

Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance Is Tackling the World's Most Urgent Problems

Observes how market failures can be solved with alternative market solutions, highlighting that innovative finance is about incentives and decision-making as much as it is about money.

Critical Debates in Tourism

Tourism experts from various fields discuss pressing questions about the industry's impact, relevance, and sustainability.

Economics, the Environment and our Common Wealth

The book's central premise is that a clean and safe environment should be considered a basic human right, not a privilege or commodity allocated based on wealth or power.

Energy, Economics, and Ethics: the Promise and Peril of a Global Energy Transition

Examines historical case studies to understand how coal, oil, and natural gas became dominant in the 20th century, providing lessons that can inform future decisions about alternative energy choices.

How to Think about Climate Change: Insights from Economics for the Perplexed but Open-minded Citizen

This book aims to provide non-experts with a clear understanding of climate change using economics as a tool, offering new models that paint a unique picture for the best course of climate action.

The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World

The author warns that climate change poses significant risks but still offers hope by outlining the science, economics, and politics involved in addressing it through effective policy tools.

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Argues that climate change requires a fundamental restructuring of the global economy and political systems to abandon the core "free market" ideology.

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