Property rights and sustainable development / by Terry L. Anderson -- The skeptical environmentalist / by Bjørn Lomborg -- Economic growth, technological change and human well-being / by Indur M. Goklany -- Income and the race to the top / by Bruce Yandle, Maya Vijayaraghavan, and Madhusudan...

"Despite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. This book frames Costa Rica as an "ecolaboratory" and asks what lessons we can learn...