| WHY ARE WE WAITING? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change Nicholas Stern Richard Layard, M.P. (Fwd.) Cambridge: The MIT Press, April 2015 |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-262-02918-6 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-262-02918-9 | 406pp. | HC/GSI | $27.95 | |
| Page 73: | "While innovative, enforcement was problematic." |
| Too terse. |
| Page 80: | "Recycling and reusing draws communities together." |
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| Page 103: | "A private-sector financial institution might be much more comfortable than a competitor with a green investment bank as convenor." |
| Should these words be interchanged? |
| Page 200: | "...(in addition to the "Broome/Weitzman extreme event" of very high temperatures)." |
| Unclear: What is a Broome/Weitzman extreme event? |
| Page 207: | "The Paretian approach and Bergson-Samuelson social welfare functions are special cases of consequentialism most familiar to economists, and the careful application of both point clearly to the need for strong climate action." |
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| Page 276: | "Many academic economists in rich countries jump quickly to the assumption that ethics and equity in the context of climate change concern primarily intergenerational issues, particularly discounting draws communities together." |
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| Page 207: | "Recycling and reusing draws communities together." |
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| Page 303: | "Taken together, this constitutes very substantial change..." |
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| Page 314: | "Let me try to distil some lessons from the examples considered above..." |
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