Capitalism and the Environment - A Proposal to Save the Planet

Humankind must harness capitalism, not quash it, if it wants to save itself from ecological catastrophe.

List of contents

I. Introduction; 2. How capitalism saves the environment; 3. Capital investments create their own political economy; 4. Bloated capital: how capitalism went awry; 5. The case for environmental taxation; 6. What should be taxed?; 7. Generating environmental knowledge; 8. Looking before leaping; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Shi-Ling Hsu is the D'Alemberte Professor of Law at the Florida State University College of Law and is the author of The Case for a Carbon Tax and co-author of Ocean and Coastal Resources Law.

Summary

This book rebuts arguments that reject capitalism in favor of socialism to redress environmental crises and inequality. Saving the environment from industrial harm, Hsu argues, requires changes that harness capitalism's transformative power rather than destroy it. The book is for scholars and students of law, environmental studies, and economics.

Additional text

'Professor Shi-Ling Hsu, a prolific and highly influential environmental law scholar, has produced an important book on how to address environmental crises. The public policy community will need to take seriously his argument that a market-based economy has appropriate tools to confront these serious problems, by taxing pollution, generating environmental knowledge, and thinking deeply about possible consequences before undertaking investments with long-term impacts. Professor's Hsu clear and dispassionate analysis should also help bridge some gaps in our divided polity.' Richard L. Revesz, AnBryce Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, New York University School of Law

Product details

• Authors: Shi-Ling Hsu, Hsu Shi-Ling
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781108474825
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47482-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, economic growth, Political Economy, Development economics & emerging economies, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Development economics and emerging economies, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law