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envs economics
economics and valuations vocab envs exam 1 review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthropocentrism | prioritizing people |
| cap and trade | emissions trading to control CO2 emissions cap - limit on GHG emissions, gets stricter over time trade - companies buy and sell allowances that let them emit certain amounts. incentivizes cutting emissions 1 allowance is worth 1 ton of emissions |
| biocentrism | prioritizes life forms |
| ecocentrism | prioritizes the environment |
| deontological ethics | moral/ethical theory driven by what is right and wrong and what is our duty |
| externality | an indirect cost or benefit to an uninvolved third party that arises as an effect of another party's activity ie air pollution from cars |
| jevons paradox | technological progress increases the efficiency of how much a resource is used, so falling costs increase demand and then the resource gets used up mroe |
| utilitarianism | most good for most people |
| macroeconomics | national/intergovernmental economic policy |
| market | where goods/services are bought and sold |
| microeconomics | personal decisions and choices in the economy |
| public bad | harms everyone, we notice when its extreme |
| public good | helps everyone, we notice when its gone |
| scarcity | lack of resources |
| confirmation bias | we seek information that already agrees with us |
| belief perseverance bias | we will not seek dissenting information |
| emotional defense mechanisms | delegation, denial, distancing, resignation |
| loss aversion | we are afraid to lose what we already know, even if its better for us |
| programmed obsolescence | technology that is programmed to die so we must buy more of it |
| hierarchy of needs | begins with food, water, shelter, then into emotional needs and stability |