Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Alchemy of a Material World -- PART I: THE PLEASURE OF TREASURE -- 1. What Lies Beneath: The Material and Mystical Origins of Mineral Wealth -- 2. Creating Value: The Endurance of Precious Jewels -- 3. The Rush Factor: Tracing the Mineral Roots of...

"This book examines the economic and political aspects of green trading and energy use from a global perspective. It also highlights the issues related to carbon trading, carbon credit, diplomatic conflicts in implementing environmental policies, energy use and energy efficiency, and the impact...

Introduction: README -- All the Malthusian millennia -- Power over the earth : the industrial era -- Industrial errors -- Earth Day and its debates -- The dematerialization surprise -- Crib notes -- What causes dematerialization : markets and marvels -- Adam Smith said that : a few words about...