Freakonomics Radio

428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest

Jul 30, 2020

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01:50

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02:43

Introduction

4min

The Tree Killing Arcologist

2min

Deforestation in the Amazon

2min

Cattle Ranching in the Amazon Is a Great Example of a Market Failure

2min

The Social Cost of Carbon

3min

The Social Cost of Carbon

2min

How Has Offsets Worked in Practice?

2min

The Moral Issue of Electricity in the Amazon

2min

Freconomics Radio Is Sponsored by Zip Recruiter

2min

10.

Acologist Gretch an Dally

6min

11.

China's Grain for Green Programme - The Biggest Reforestation Programme Ever

3min

12.

Climate Action in Action - Is It a Good Deal?

2min

13.

Brazil's Government Is Willing to Stop Deforestation, but It's a Good Idea to Pay for It.

3min

14.

Freconomics Radio - People I Most Admire

2min

Everyone agrees that massive deforestation is an environmental disaster. But most of the standard solutions — scolding the Brazilians, invoking universal morality — ignore the one solution that might actually work

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428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest

The Social Cost of Carbon

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The Social Cost of Carbon

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