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The Selfish Book. Review Of: The Origins Of Virtue: Human Instincts And The Evolution Of Cooperation By Matt Ridley, Robert Costanza Apr 1998

The Selfish Book. Review Of: The Origins Of Virtue: Human Instincts And The Evolution Of Cooperation By Matt Ridley, Robert Costanza

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations

Book Review of The Selfish Book. Review of: The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation by Matt Ridley


Ecological Tax Reform, Robert Costanza, Steve Bernow, Herman E. Daly, Robert Degennaro, Paul Hawken Mar 1998

Ecological Tax Reform, Robert Costanza, Steve Bernow, Herman E. Daly, Robert Degennaro, Paul Hawken

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations

Provides an overview detailing the benefits of ecological tax reform. What ecological tax reform would include; Origin of ecological taxes; Implementation in the United States and Europe; Specifics on an ecological tax reform proposal; The need to phase in tax reforms gradually.


Will Business-Led Environmental Initiatives Grow In Agriculture?, Sandra S. Batie, David E. Ervin Jan 1998

Will Business-Led Environmental Initiatives Grow In Agriculture?, Sandra S. Batie, David E. Ervin

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article was stimulated by a 1997 American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting preconference designed by Batie and Ervin. The authors felt that there was considerable interest and activity in business-led environmental management (also caLLed corporate environmental management)-but most of the interest was found outside of the agricultural sector and the profession. The conference was a means to investigate the extent, motivation, and consequences of business-led poLLution prevention activities. The DuPont and the StahLbush Island Farms examples used in this article were drawn from discussions that took place at the conference and which were published in the proceedings. In the …