Tapping water markets / by Terry L. Anderson, Brandon Scarborough and Lawrence R. Watson

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Anderson, Terry L

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Routledge, RFF Press (Resources for the future), 2012.Description: xiv, 201 p. : illISBN:

9781617261008
9781617260995

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DDC classification:

333.91 AND-T

Contents:

1. Why the Crisis? -- 2. Cheaper than Dirt -- 3. Who Owns the Water? -- 4. Water is for Fightin' -- 5. Back to the Future -- 6. The New Frontier-- 7. Buy that Fish a Drink -- 8. Good to the Last Drop-- 9. The Race to Pump-- 10. You Can't Keep a Good Market Down.

Summary: Tapping Water Markets makes a persuasive case for using prices, property rights and markets to allocate water for the benefit of society rather than resorting to politics to allocate it for the benefit of the few and well connected. It is an indispensable book and an invaluable contribution to the water policy debate

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why the Crisis? --
2. Cheaper than Dirt --
3. Who Owns the Water? --
4. Water is for Fightin' --
5. Back to the Future --
6. The New Frontier--
7. Buy that Fish a Drink --
8. Good to the Last Drop--
9. The Race to Pump--
10. You Can't Keep a Good Market Down.

Tapping Water Markets makes a persuasive case for using prices, property rights and markets to allocate water for the benefit of society rather than resorting to politics to allocate it for the benefit of the few and well connected. It is an indispensable book and an invaluable contribution to the water policy debate

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