The Political Limits of Environmental Regulation
Author | : Bruce Yandle |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1989-09-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
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The unicorn in the title of this microeconomic critique of pollution control refers to the tension between environmentalists who seek to create a risk-free society and those who perceive the need to balance economic efficiency and productivity against the effects of pollution. Yandle sides with the latter group, characterizing the proponents of the environmental revolution responsible for the massive diversion of resources to pollution control as sometimes overzealous romantics. Though he agrees with conservatives such as M. Weidenbaum, R. Litan, and W. Nordhaus, who argue that the costs of complying with environmental standards outweigh their social benefit, Yandle is sensitive to the political context of environmental rule-setting that produces the unicorn. He cites competing pressures upon Congress, as well as conflicts and unusual coalitions among environmental groups as reasons for the durability of the "unicorn." ISBN 0-89930-431-1: $39.95.