It makes economic sense to kill people
Britain's approach to climate change puts a price on human lives. And the richer you are the more yours is worth
Monbiot, George
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/19/climatechange.carbonemissions?INTCMP=SRCH
Publisher: The Guardian Weekly
Year Published: 2008
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX14200
A study of the economics of climate compares the costs of halting runaway climate changewith the costs of inaction. The "costs" of climate change are calculated in part by calculating the reduction in consumption that would result from death and disease in the third world. Monbiot challenges the ethics of this economic model.
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