The United States of Excess

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2867800The United States of Excesshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-united-states-of-excess-9780190231262/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2226661/0421af20-5395-4ce5-95af-f8fddff054e8.jpg?v=638383683427430000294309MXNOxford University PressInStock/Ebooks/Compared to other wealthy countries, America stands out as a gluttonous over-consumer of both food and fuel. The United States boasts an obesity prevalence double the industrial world average, and per capita carbon emissions twice the average for Europe. Still worse, the policy steps taken by America in response to obesity and climate change have so far been the weakest in the industrial world. These aspects of Americas exceptionalism are nothing to be proud of. Is it possible that America is hard-wired to consume too much food and fuel? Unfortunately, yes, says Robert Paarlberg in The United States of Excess. Americas excess is driven in each case by its distinct endowment of material and demographic resources, its unusually weak national political institutions, and a unique political culture that celebrates both individual freedoms over social responsibility, and free markets over governmental authority. Americas over-consumption is shown to be over-determined. Because of these powerful underlying circumstances, Americas strongest policy response, both to climate change and obesity, will be adaptation rather than mitigation. As the damaging consequences of climate change become manifest, America will not impose adequate measures to reduce fossil fuel consumption, attempting instead to protect itself from storms and sea-level rise through costly infrastructure upgrades. In response to the damaging health consequences of obesity, America will opt for medical interventions and physical accommodations, rather than the policy measures that would be needed to induce better diets or more exercise. These adaptation responses will generate serious equity problems, both at home and abroad. Responding to obesity with medical interventions will fall short for those in America most prone to obesity - racial minorities and the poor - since these groups have never enjoyed adequate access to quality health care. Responding to climate change by building more resilient infrastructures at home, while allowing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 to continue their increase, will impose greater climate disruption on poor tropical countries, which are far less capable of self-protection. Awareness of these inequities must be the starting point toward altering Americas current path....2803954The United States of Excess294309https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-united-states-of-excess-9780190231262/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2226661/0421af20-5395-4ce5-95af-f8fddff054e8.jpg?v=638383683427430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159780190231262_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_Compared to other wealthy countries, America stands out as a gluttonous over-consumer of both food and fuel. The United States boasts an obesity prevalence double the industrial world average, and per capita carbon emissions twice the average for Europe. Still worse, the policy steps taken by America in response to obesity and climate change have so far been the weakest in the industrial world. These aspects of Americas exceptionalism are nothing to be proud of. Is it possible that America is hard-wired to consume too much food and fuel? Unfortunately, yes, says Robert Paarlberg in The United States of Excess. Americas excess is driven in each case by its distinct endowment of material and demographic resources, its unusually weak national political institutions, and a unique political culture that celebrates both individual freedoms over social responsibility, and free markets over governmental authority. Americas over-consumption is shown to be over-determined. Because of these powerful underlying circumstances, Americas strongest policy response, both to climate change and obesity, will be adaptation rather than mitigation. As the damaging consequences of climate change become manifest, America will not impose adequate measures to reduce fossil fuel consumption, attempting instead to protect itself from storms and sea-level rise through costly infrastructure upgrades. In response to the damaging health consequences of obesity, America will opt for medical interventions and physical accommodations, rather than the policy measures that would be needed to induce better diets or more exercise. These adaptation responses will generate serious equity problems, both at home and abroad. Responding to obesity with medical interventions will fall short for those in America most prone to obesity - racial minorities and the poor - since these groups have never enjoyed adequate access to quality health care. Responding to climate change by building more resilient infrastructures at home, while allowing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 to continue their increase, will impose greater climate disruption on poor tropical countries, which are far less capable of self-protection. Awareness of these inequities must be the starting point toward altering Americas current path....9780190231262_Oxford University Presslibro_electonico_ce061c32-b877-3ebd-b9e2-e372ae88cbfd_9780190231262;9780190231262_9780190231262Robert PaarlbergInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/oxfordupuk-epub-aeb9faec-8d2e-43db-bec0-3fb55063156f.epub2015-03-02T00:00:00+00:00Oxford University Press