Ronald Coase Quotes
The pollution problem is always seen as someone who was doing something bad that has to be stopped. To me, pollution is doing something bad and good. People don't pollute because they like polluting. They do it because it's a cheaper way of producing something else.
Topics
Carbon, Carbon Footprint
Climate Change
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Good
Green Technology
Renewable Energy
Good People
Something Else
Eco-Friendly Solutions
Economic Incentive
Environmental Damage
Environmental Impact
Industrial Activity
Pollution Prevention
Production Cost
Resource Conservation
Sustainable Practices
Economic Trade-off
Citations
Coase, Ronald H. Interview by Thomas W. Hazlett. "Looking for Results." Reason, Jan. 1997.
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Ronald Harry Coase was a British economist and author. He was the Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School, where he arrived in 1964 and remained for the rest of his life. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991.