Environmental Economics
This is a class that I teach every other year at Adelphi for economics majors. It is unconventional in that I focus much more than most on ecological economics (or environmental macro) than I do on traditional environmental economics, which is really nothing more than applied micro. While I believe that the latter offers some analytical tools and policy insights, it is mostly irrelevant to the much more pressing question of whether or not capitalism is sustainable.
Latest Syllabus
Energy Use Graphic
Module on Environmental Microeconomics
Module on Environmental Macroeconomics
Ecological Deficits
Green Keynesianism
Article: The Ethics of Climate Change
Article: A Puzzle for the Planet
Article: A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check
Article: Nature’s Resources as Productive Assets
Article: The Tragedy of the Commons
Article: The Economist Has No Clothes
Article: Let Them Eat Pollution
Game: Sustainable Development
Game: Global Warming
Game: Permit Trading