The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment

摘要

The original edition of The Economy of the Earth arrived in the late 1980s at a time when a philosophical critique of economic valuation - specifically willingness to pay (WTP) - was just emerging and the contingent valuation method was about to become headline news in litigation over compensation for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It provided timely support for the environment to be dealt with politically instead of economically. Since then much has been written on the subject, not least in Environmental Values.