What is the connection between natural capital, natural income, and an environmentally sustainable society?

Principles of Economics 2e
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Chapter13: Positive Externalities And Public Goods
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  • 1.

    Explain What is the connection between natural capital, natural income, and an environmentally sustainable society?

  • 2.

    Summarize Name the early individuals who had a major impact on the American public’s awareness of the environment and sustainability, and explain their accomplishments.

  • 3.

    Classify Into which category of environmental worldview would you put the early preservationists? Into which category would you put the early conservationists?

  • 4.

    Evaluate In the 1970s, public opinion favored cleaning up the environment. Since the 1980s, some members of Congress and industry leaders have fought against environmental laws that regulate the amount of pollution that can be added to the environment. Are they working in the best interests of the public or of corporations?

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