POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Classical Liberalism, Market Failure, Linear Function
8 Sep 2016
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Political science 1g06 2015 lecture 6a the politics of the environment. According to many commentators, the earth is currently experiencing multiple environmental crises: Greenhouse effect: the average temperatures have been increasing each year. Ozone depletion: the ozone layer is being broken down, now has holes in the layer. Human activity has been identified as a primary cause of these environmental crises. At the most basic level, consider population growth: Linear growth: a constant, absolute amount being added year after year. Geometrical: a proportion being added each year, the absolute amount becomes larger and larger each year. Populations have been growing at a geometric rate, which is an issue because geometric growth can quickly get out of hand. By 2050 projected to reach 9. 7 billion people in the world. This raises several questions with respect to the environment: Environmental issues are political issues, not merely scientific issues:
