Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- An Accident? -- This Book -- Financial Regulation Matters -- Some Final Introductory Remarks -- Road Map -- Chapter 2. Regulating Finance Is Hard to Do -- Introduction -- Shareholders versus Debt Holders: The Essence...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fragmentation, Policy Integration, and Policy Change -- 3 US Climate Policy -- 4 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Generating Electricity -- 5 Increasing Energy Efficiency and the Use of Alternative Energy -- 6 Transforming Transportation...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Confronting Consumption -- I - The Consumption Angle -- 2 - Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology -- 3 - Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? -- 4 - Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Why Manufacturing Matters -- 2 The Ascent, 1865-1940 -- 3 Dominance, 1941-1973 -- 4 The Retreat, 1974- -- 5 The Past and the Future -- 6 Chances of Success -- Coda -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Intro -- CHINA'S ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT ON THE UNITED STATES -- CHINA'S ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT ON THE UNITED STATES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CHINA'S GROWING DEMAND FOR OIL AND ITS IMPACT ON U.S. PETROLEUM MARKETS* -- REASONS FOR CHINA'S GROWING DEMAND FOR PETROLEUM -- TWO SCENARIOS OF...

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