Nature and Wealth: Overcoming Environmental Scarcity and Inequality

Barbier, Edward

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-09-24

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781137403384

DOI: 10.1057/9781137403391

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 270