This textbook gets an F.The financial collapse of 2008 has sent the authors and publishers of economics textbooks scrambling to update their books with lessons about the Great Recession -- you know, how to avoid future planetary economic meltdowns, revive a steamrolled economy, and be responsible economic leaders. So in the face of another kind of meltdown -- climate change in this case -- one would think they'd be falling head over heels to ensure the economic leaders of tomorrow have the most up-to-date information to help avoid the possibility of an economy-wrecking catastrophe. ... Right? Not always. I took …
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Yoram Bauman is an environmental economist at the University of Washington, the co-author of the Cartoon Introduction to Economics, and "the world's first and only stand-up economist."
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