The world's leading economies are digging out from a global downturn. But some economists say the real crisis facing the world is the toll our industry is taking on the global environment. But how do we get our economic priorities in line with our ecological ones? Kojo explores the economics of climate change with leading experts.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2010-01-21/environmental-economics-changing-climate
Environmental Economics for a Changing Climate
Listen Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 at 1:06 p.m. in Economy, Environment
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Guests
Peter Brown
Professor at the McGill School of Environment in Montreal; author of "Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy"
Eileen Claussen
President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Strategies for the Global Environment
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Comments
You invited a Ph.D. in philosophy and a BA in English literature to talk about the economics of climate change?! Seriously!?