Exam 26: Economics, environment, and Sustainability

What did the results of most studies of the effects of environmental regulation on U.S.businesses show? 

____________________ is/are the physical and mental talents of the people who provide the skills and abilities for innovation,culture,and organization to occur in a society.

Which pollution control strategy is the most advantageous to international competition? 

Which action would increase the external costs of operating a car? 

How is progress determined in an Earth-sustaining economy? 

Which type of graph would be used to illustrate the cost of removing pollutants? 

Economic development,including the creation of more jobs and distribution of wealth to reach blue-collar workers,is called the ______________________________.

Which of the following is an external cost of an automobile? 

_________________________ is the increase in total cost resulting from producing one more unit of good or service.

Sunset businesses would include clear-cut timber harvesting and water well drilling.

What ratio of people live on an income of $1.25 per day? 

In which system do buyers and sellers freely interact in markets without governmental interference? 

Which indicator measures the health of ecosystems? 

The genuine progress indicator is generally disregarded because of the inability to price environmental and health costs.

What is one outcome of implementing government subsidies and tax breaks? 

The market approach in which governments grant tradable pollution and resource-use permits is similar to the cap-and-trade strategy.

Which statement represents current food production? 

A(n)________________________________________ neither depletes natural resources nor pollutes at levels that overwhelm the ability of ecosystems to absorb waste.

Neoclassical,ecological,and environmental economists believe a balance must exist between economic growth and environmental preservation.

Environmentalists think that _____________________________________________ can encourage companies to develop products and processes that can increase economic development.