Nature and Wealth

Nature and Wealth
Author: Edward Barbier
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2015-09-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113740339X

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Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies.