Markets and The Indvidual
This thinker is the face of classical economics, which says markets run on self-interest, competition, and free trade.
Who is Adam Smith?
Keynesian economics says markets can fail, especially during these economic downturns.
What are Recessions?
This 1970 event marked a milestone for the environmental movement.
What is the first Earth Day?
Framing the "population ticking time bomb" is an example of this internal challenge.
What are gloom/doom tactics?
This year saw the signing of the Montreal Protocol.
What is 1987?
Along with competition and free trade, this force drives classical markets, as individuals make their own economic decisions.
Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman are linked to this model, which calls for very limited government.
What is neoliberalism / market fundamentalism?
John Muir championed preservation, while Gifford Pinchot championed this.
What is conservation?
The presentation recommends this John Grisham book for its take on money influencing policy.
What is The Pelican Brief?
The protocol phased out over this percentage of global ozone-depleting substances.
What is over 98%?
Consumers can influence businesses by buying greener products, however this force limits or encourages consumers not to.
What is Tribalism?
In the Keynesian view, pollution is an example of this kind of market failure, where a cost falls on others.
What is a negative externality?
This 1964 law is one of the key achievements of the 60s and 70s.
What is the Wilderness Act?
In the elitist model, this controls policymakers.
What is campaign finance?
The chemicals it targeted damaged this "protective shield" that blocks harmful UV radiation.
What is the stratospheric ozone layer?
This question about environmental damage is posed on the "Moral Side of the Market" slide.
Who pays for environmental damage?
This model combines markets with rules that prevent excessive economic power, and it gives government an "active but rule-focused" role.
What is order liberalism / social market economy?
Nixon's support led to the passage of this law, during an era shaped by Keynesian economics.
What is the Clean Air Act?
Under the bureaucratic model, policy execution is limited by opponents here.
What is the bureaucracy?
CFCs, used in refrigeration, air conditioning, foam blowing, and aerosol sprays, stand for this.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
The moral slide asks what markets should value: profit, human well-being, and this.
What is Environmental Protection?
Under neoliberalism, environmental regulations may be viewed as doing this to markets.
What is interfering?
In the Reagan era, repealing this policy led to partisan media and rising polarization.
What is the Fairness Doctrine?
The Congressional Leadership Fund and the oil industry are cited as examples of these, which contribute to tribalization and polarization.
What are front groups and PACs?
This failed Reagan administration plan, along with alarming scientific discoveries, helped accelerate the treaty.
What is the "Ray-Ban plan"?