Department of Economics, St Andrew's College, Bandra, Mumbai, is organising a conference on the Economics of Pollution on March 15 at the college mainly for the staff and students and interested persons in the community. Details received via: Amelia Correa <[email protected]>
Conference on Environment: The standard way to greet negatives like pollution is with the market. A social planner would price noxiants appropriately or introduce certificates in the ‘disservices’ and expect exchange between buyers and sellers to deliver a nice equilibrium. In a growth setting there is a tension between the welfare of present generations and that of those to come. A mainstream economist would argue that the degradation of the environment today is the price to pay for current employment and market forces will induce technological innovations to mitigate environmental decay tomorrow. However, the scale of climate change already being experienced is of an order that breaks all models. Unseasonal rains, bitter cold, searing heat are not rare events anymore. The intellectual and social demands to understanding these phenomena transcend the traditional boundaries of economics. Politicians are indifferent. Matters like social self-control need to be addressed. Deep philosophical and ethical chords are struck. St Andrew’s College, Bandra, Mumbai, is organising a conference to explore the multidisciplinary aspects of the theme. -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ RADIO GOANA: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ - *"Another great thing about keeping the bug count at zero is that you can respond much faster to competition. Some programmers think of this as keeping the product ready to ship at all times." - Joel Spolsky, Author of Smart and Gets Things Done* undefined <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality&;>
