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Contents • xiChapter 10 Market Failures / 165Characteristics of Market Goods / 165Rivalness / 167Open Access Regimes / 169Excludable and Nonrival Goods / 173Pure Public Goods / 177Externalities / 184Missing Markets / 188Summary Points / 191Big Ideas to Remember / 192Chapter 11 Market Failures and Abiotic Resources / 193Fossil Fuels / 194Mineral Resources / 200Freshwater / 204Ricardian Land / 206Solar Energy / 208Big Ideas to Remember / 209Chapter 12 Market Failures and Biotic Resources / 211Renewable Resource Stocks and Flows / 211Renewable Resource Funds and Services / 222Waste Absorption Capacity / 226Biotic and Abiotic Resources: The Whole System / 230Big Ideas to Remember / 231Chapter 13 Human Behavior and Economics / 233Consumption and Well-Being / 235Rationality / 241Self-Interest / 243Experimental Evidence / 244The Spectrum of Human Behavior / 250A New Model of Human Behavior / 254Big Ideas to Remember / 257Conclusions to Part III / 258PART IV MACROECONOMICS / 259Chapter 14 Macroeconomic Concepts: GNP and Welfare / 261A Troubled Marriage / 262Gross National Product / 266Sustainable Income / 271Alternative Measures of Welfare: MEW,ISEW, and GPI / 274Beyond Consumption-Based Indicators of Welfare / 277Big Ideas to Remember / 284

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