Finance and the Macroeconomics of Environmental Policies

This volume examines current and previous environmental policies, and suggests alternative strategies for the future. Addressing resource depletion and climate change are pressing priorities for modern economies. Planning energy infrastructure projects is complicated by uncertainty, as such clear government policies have a crucial role to play.

This volume examines current and previous environmental policies, and suggests alternative strategies for the future. Addressing resource depletion and climate change are pressing priorities for modern economies. Planning energy infrastructure projects is complicated by uncertainty, as such clear government policies have a crucial role to play.

1. The Absence of Environmental Issues in the New Consensus Macroeconomics is only One of Numerous Criticisms; Philip Arestis and Ana Rosa González-Martínez 2. The Neoliberal Trajectory, the Great Recession and Sustainable Development; Alessandro Vercelli 3. The Macroeconomics and Financial System Requirements for a Sustainable Future; Giuseppe Fontana and Malcolm Sawyer 4. Financing Energy Infrastructure; Michelle Baddeley 5. The Effects of the Financial System and Financial Crises on Global Growth and the Environment; Annela Anger and Terry Barker 6. Dualisms in the Finance-Economy-Climate Nexus: An Exploratory Essay Drawing on Derridean Thinking; S. ?erban Scrieciu 7. The 'Dark Matter' in the Search for Sustainable Growth: Energy, Innovation and the Financially Paradoxical Role of Climate Confidence; Jean-Charles Hourcade, Michael Grubb and Aurélie Méjean 8. On Climate Change and Institutions; Ikerne del Valle and Kepa Astorkiza