Edward B. Barbier
Professor of Economics, University of Wyoming
Edward B. Barbier is the John S. Bugas Professor of Economics at the University of Wyoming, and the author of Nature and Wealth: Overcoming Environmental Scarcity and Inequality, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Nov 10, 2015
Beijing’s air pollution – and the stark contrast between how the rich and poor are able to respond to the problem, is a theme of developing economics. To address the current structural imbalance Barbier suggests tackling the twin problems of excessive environmental degradation and insufficient human capital, which he calls a “Balanced Wealth Strategy.”
May 28, 2012
One of the few bright spots in recent international negotiations to replace the expiring 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ha