Tag: Heinzerling

Law and Economics for a Warming World

By Lisa Heinzerling and Frank Ackerman Harvard Law and Policy Review volume 1, no. 2, pp.331-362. Both law and economics offer frameworks for understanding public policy – and both require changes in order to respond effectively to the challenge of climate change. Contrary to implicit conservative assumptions, maintaining the status quo is not an option; “business […]

Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing

By Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling The New Press, 2004; 288 pages, Hardcover, $25.95; Paperback, $16.95 Order from Amazon Order from The New Press “How does one put a cost on a human life? And what effect does air pollution have on our health? Ackerman and Heinzerling focus on such questions in this volume, a […]