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"Pick an environmental issue. Maybe air pollution, toxic waste, or deforestation. These all seem like solid choices, but none of these is actually an environmental problem--at least, not at its heart. Deep down they're economic problems. Nearly all the issues we classify as environmental stem from defects in the DNA of America's current market system. This is emphatically true of our greatest environmental threat: global warming. With a focus on climate change, journalist and author Robert S. Devine reveals the fundamental flaws in the economy that enable environmental degradation. True Value is a book about economics, but it skips the equations and eases through the jargon, opting instead for compelling stories and surprising humor. Readers will encounter high-tech narwhals, struggling coal workers, orbiting giant mirrors, the kids who are suing the U.S. government over climate policy, and vanishing Alaskan towns"--

Economic development--United States--History--21st century. --- Economic development --- Environmental policy --- Climatic changes --- History --- Economic aspects

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Globalization --- Economic development --- Economic aspects --- History --- Mondialisation --- Allemagne --- États-Unis --- Relations économiques extérieures --- Développement économique --- Aspect économique --- Histoire --- Germany --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- 19th century --- 20th century --- United States --- Relations --- 19th-20th centuries --- International economic relations --- Globalization - Economic aspects - Germany - History --- Globalization - Economic aspects - United States - History --- Economic development - Germany --- Economic development - United States --- History.

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"Policy-makers often call for expanding public spending on infrastructure, which includes a broad range of investments from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband. Some point to near-term macro-economic benefits and job creation, others focus on long-term effects on productivity and economic growth. This volume explores the links between infrastructure spending and economic outcomes, as well as key economic issues in the funding and management of infrastructure projects. It draws together research studies that describe the short-run stimulus effects of infrastructure spending, develop new estimates of the stock of U.S. infrastructure capital, and explore the incentive aspects of public-private partnerships (PPPs). A salient issue is the treatment of risk in evaluating publicly-funded infrastructure projects and in connection with PPPs. The goal of the volume is to provide a reference for researchers seeking to expand research on infrastructure issues, and for policy-makers tasked with determining the appropriate level of infrastructure spending"--

Economic development --- Government spending policy --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- United States --- Economic conditions --- Infrastructure (Economics) - United States. --- Government spending policy - United States. --- Economic development - United States. --- United States - Economic conditions - 21st century. --- infrastructure, public-private partnerships, cost-benefit analysis, investment, procurement, expenditure.

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This paper uses two of the IMF's structural macroeconomic models to estimate the potential global impact of the boom in unconventional oil and natural gas in the United States. The results suggest that the impact on the level of U.S. real GDP over roughly the next decade could be significant, but modest, ranging between 1 and 1½ percent. Further, while the impact on the U.S. energy trade balance will be large, most results suggest that its impact on the overall U.S. current account will be negligible. The impact outside of the United States will be modestly positive on average, but most countries dependent on energy exports will be affected adversely.

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