The Political Economy of Electricity: Progressive Capitalism and the Struggle to Build a Sustainable Power Sector

by
Mark Cooperauthor

Mark Cooper is Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.

The Political Economy of Electricity: Progressive Capitalism and the Struggle to Build a Sustainable Power Sector

20170430

Praeger

Pages 472
Topics Economics

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The Political Economy of Electricity: Progressive Capitalism and the Struggle to Build a Sustainable Power Sector

Author(s): Cooper, Mark;
Contributors: Cooper, Mark;
Abstract:

Providing critical insights that will interest readers ranging from economists to environmentalists, policymakers, and politicians, this book analyzes the economics and technology trends involved in the dilemma of decarbonization and addresses why aggressive policy is required in a capitalist political economy to create a sea change away from fossil fuels.


• Presents comprehensive and understandable reviews of more than 200 recent empirical studies of market imperfections in the energy efficiency and climate change literature, providing a basis for targeting policies at the most important causes of poor market performance

• Argues that aggressive action to induce change and overcome resistance, using targeted policies rather than broad-based taxes, is the strategy that will create movement towards a decarbonized economy and world

• Provides a logical decision-making framework and portfolio analysis that enables policymakers and regulators to choose, explain, and defend their decisions, objectively and transparently

SortTitle: political economy of electricity: progressive capitalism and the struggle to build a sustainable power sector
Author Info:
Mark Cooperauthor

Mark Cooper is Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.

eISBN-13: 9781440853432
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Print ISBN-13: 9781440853425
Imprint: Praeger
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 20170430
Series: Energy Resources, Technology, and Policy