Readings (Week 1-5)

Question 1

Never the twain shall meet: main point is…

Answer 1

-we can infer values from choices

• economist: things can be valued in dollars and cents
• environmentalist: it is morally deplorable to reduce environmental goods to a cash equivalent

Question 2

which model - who cares: main point is…

Answer 2

politics, not economics, are the climate policy bottleneck

Question 3

decommissioning the dams: the penobscot songs, main point is…

Answer 3

-there are pros and cons of placing monetary values on environmental and
natural resources
- ex: under valuing it, protection of high value locations