Economics of the Yasuni Initiative : Climate Change As If Thermodynamics Mattered, Hardcover by Vogel, Joseph Henry; Chichilnisky, Graciela (FRW), ISBN 1843318784, ISBN-13 9781843318781, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

<p>Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Vogel argues that mainstream economics fails to recognize the thermodynamic nature of climate change, thereby missing the point of Northern appropriation of the atmospheric sink. The payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasun&#237; is equitable and efficient. Heeding the call of Deirdre (formerly Donald) McCloskey that economics needs humor, Vogel has written a scathing critique of economics-as-usual which also entertains.</p>