Ch. 1. Four economic questions about global warming -- Pt. I. How much pollution is too much? -- Ch. 2. Ethics and economics -- Ch. 3. Pollution and resource degradation as externalities -- Ch. 4. The efficiency standard -- Ch. 5. The safety standard -- Ch. 6. Sustainability : a neoclassical view -- Ch. 7. Sustainability : an ecological view -- Ch. 8. Measuring the benefits of environmental protection -- Ch. 9. Measuring the costs of environmental protection -- Ch. 10. Benefit-cost in practice : implementing the efficiency standard -- Ch. 11. Is more really better? : consumption and welfare -- Pt. II. Is government up to the job? -- Ch. 12. The political economy of environmental regulation -- Ch. 13. An overview of environmental legislation -- Ch. 14. The regulatory record : achievements and obstacles -- Ch. 15. Monitoring and enforcement -- Pt. III. How can we do better? -- Ch. 16. Incentive-based regulation : theory -- Ch. 17. Incentive-based regulation : practice.

Ch. 18. Promoting clean technology : theory -- Ch. 19. Energy policy and the environment -- Pt. IV. Can we resolve global issues? -- Ch. 20. Poverty, population, and the environment -- Ch. 21. Environmental policy in poor countries -- Ch. 22. The economics of global agreements.