Environment and Employment

A Reconciliation
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-44879-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 787 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a trade-off exists between environmental goals and employment goals, yet this trade-off has been largely ignored or denied.

This book aims to resolve the environment-employment dilemma by suggesting ways and means to achieve low rates of unemployment, or preferably full employment, in the context of a low-growth or steady-state economy. In search of a solution to this dilemma, this book seeks to answer the following questions:

- What existing paradigms offer a possible foundation for further investigation into issues dealing with both the environment and employment?

- What specific initiatives can be implemented to deal with unemployment given that any potential solution must be consistent with responsible macroeconomic policy?

- To what extent can ecological tax reform provide a solution to the environment-employment dilemma?

- Under what circumstances is it clear that certain forms of employment generation are antithetic to the goal of ecological sustainability?

- How can more favourable employment-generating opportunities be exploited in ways which lower unemployment or achieve full employment without the need for ecologically-destructive GDP growth?

This book will no doubt stimulate a broader discussion on the issue, and it may just begin a process that leads to the eventual emergence of a viable policy strategy to generate a sustainable, full employment future. This book will be of interest to decision-makers, civil servants, researchers, and NGO employees as well as students of environmental and ecological economics and issues related to employment and unemployment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawn, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT AND EMPLOYMENT Chapter 1: Why focus on the connection between the environment and employment? Philip Lawn Chapter 2: The potential conflict between ecological sustainability and full employment Philip Lawn PART II: POST-KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Chapter 3: Why have Post-Keynesians (perhaps) inadequately dealt with issues related to the environment? Andrew Mearman Chapter 4: Recovering and extending classical and Marshallian foundations for Post-Keynesian environmental economics Paul Christensen Chapter 5: Post-Keynesian economics and sustainable development Richard Holt PART III: GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT VERSUS GUARANTEED INCOME Chapter 6: The Basic Income Guarantee and the goals of equity, efficiency, and environmentalism Karl Widerquist and Michael Lewis Chapter 7: Evaluating the economic and environmental viability of Basic Income and Job Guarantees Pavlina Tcherneva Chapter 8: A comparison of the macroeconomic consequences of Basic Income and Job Guarantee schemes William Mitchell and Martin Watts PART IV: ECOLOGICAL TAX REFORM AND THE DOUBLE DIVIDEND Chapter 9: An applied general equilibrium analysis of a double dividend policy for the Spanish economy Antonio Manresa and Ferran Sancho Chapter 10: An empirical assessment of ecological tax reform and the double dividend Philip Lawn PART V: JOBS VERSUS THE ENVIRONMENT Chapter 11: A city that works – employment patterns and ecosystem service requirements in greater Christchurch, New Zealand Nigel Jollands, Nancy Golubiewski, and Garry McDonald Chapter 12: Employment and environment in a sustainable Europe Freiderich Hinterberger, Ines Omann, and Andrea Stocker Chapter 13: Managing without growth Peter Victor and Gideon Rosenbluth PART VI: CONCLUSION Chapter 14: Final thoughts on reconciling the goals of ecological sustainability and full employment Philip Lawn

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Lawn is a Senior Lecturer in ecological economics at Flinders University, Australia. His work includes six books, numerous book chapters, and nearly fifty journal articles. His more recent book, co-edited with Matthew Clarke, focuses on sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific region.