Optional Recommended Further Readings
Collective Action: Ethics and PolicyJonathan Gruber,
Public Finance and Public Policy (econ textbook, on reserve, Green Library)
Thaler and Sunstein,
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (on reserve, Green Library)
Keohane and Olmstead,
Markets and the Environment (environmental econ textbook, on reserve, Green Library)
Peter Singer and Jim Mason,
The Ethics of What We Eat (on reserve, Green Library)
Elinor Ostrom,
Governing the Commons (on reserve, Green Library)
Elinor Ostrom, "Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems" (Nobel Lecture)
Elinor Ostrom, et. al. The Drama of the CommonsNassim Taleb,
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder (on reserve, Green Library)
Michael Heller, Gridlock Economy: How too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs LivesLawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected WorldScott Barrett, Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public GoodsScott Barrett, Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-MakingDavid Archer,
The Long Thaw: How Humans are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate (on reserve, Green Library)
Stern et al, The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review (the page does not display correctly: scroll down to the bottom of the page for chapter pdfs)William Nordhaus, A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming PoliciesJohn Broome,
Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (on reserve, Green Library)
Aldy and Stavins, Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto WorldPosner and Weisbach [and Sunstein],
Climate Change Justice (on reserve, Green Library)
Cass Sunstein, Laws of Fear: Beyond the Precautionary Principle Schmidtz and Willott,
Environmental Ethics (2nd Ed) (on reserve, Green Library)
Eldar Shafir (ed),
The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy (on reserve, Green Library)
Harvard Program on Climate AgreementsHarvard Kennedy School of Government List of Courses (Syllabi Accessible)Background Reading: Empowering Central Government with the Endangered Species Act, Antiquities Act, and Clean Air Act
The Guardian, "US Supreme Court's Ruling 'A Victory for Obama Administration"New York Times, "Court Backs EPA over Emissions Limits Intended to Reduce Global Warming"Forbes, "EPA Chief Resigns, Declared Carbon Dioxide a Pollutant"The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey Bill)Bruce Babbitt, Cities in the Wilderness, pp. 61-62, 92-96, 147-170Lynn Scarlett, "Reshaping the Endangered Species Act: A Holistic Approach Needed?"Background Reading: Policy Instruments
Robert Stavins, "Experience With Market-Based Environmental Policy Instruments"