CurriculumEnvironmental Economics
Environmental Economics
How economics explains environmental problems - and the tools used to price and fix them.
- Externalities and the Environment Why markets systematically get environmental costs wrong, and the economic concept that explains it. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Tragedy of the Commons Why shared resources with no owner tend to get overused, and the main strategies economists use to prevent it. 📄 Read-aloud
- Carbon Pricing: Taxes and Cap-and-Trade The two main tools economists use to put a real price on carbon emissions, and how each one works. 📄 Read-aloud
- Environmental Economics: Checkpoint 1 Covers externalities, the tragedy of the commons, and carbon pricing tools. 5 questions
- The Economics of Renewable Energy Why renewable energy costs have fallen so sharply, and the specific economic challenges that remain. 📄 Read-aloud
- Sustainable Development How economists think about balancing growth today against resources for the future, and why the two aren't always in conflict. 📄 Read-aloud
- Green Investing How environmental considerations show up in investing decisions, and what to actually check behind the label. 📄 Read-aloud
- Environmental Economics: Checkpoint 2 Covers renewable energy economics, sustainable development, and green investing. 5 questions