> Advance praise for The Trade-Off Myth:
>
> "Eban Goodstein has shed light on a crucial issue in the environmental
> protection debate. Citizens and politicians should read his book before
> their next environmental vote."
>
> -- Robert Repetto, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
>
> "This compelling little book demolishes several decades of misinformation
> about the supposed costs of strong environmental policy. The Trade-Off
> Myth is an account of disasters that didn't happen, an expose' of
> bought-and paid-for economic forecasters, and an astute study of how
> sensible regulations can and do foster progressive technological change.
> Anyone who wants to understand the hysteria over the Kyoto summit and the
> organized resistance to action on global warming should certainly read
> this book."
>
> -- James K. Galbraith, Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs,
> The University of Texas at Austin, and author of Created Unequal: The
> Crisis in American Pay
>
> "The time has come for workers, governments, and businesses to realize
> that the assumed trade-off between economic prosperity and environmental
> quality is largely myth. Goodstein documents how time after time this
> simplistic view has been proven wrong and how the vested interests of a
> few have used this fallacy to play on the fears of workers and citizens.
> This important book demonstrates what while nothing worthwhile comes
> absolutely free, the conventional wisdom about the cost of environmental
> protections has little basis in reality."
> -- Jeff Faux, President, Economic Policy Institute
>
> "Goodstein...offers a hard hitting plea to address the roots of the jobs
> problem -- economic insecurity and limited opportunity -- rather than
> scapegoating the quest for a livable global environment."
>
> -- Samuel Bowles, Professor of Economics, University of
> Massachusetts at Amherst
>
> >From the book jacket:
>
> Many Americans believe three things about jobs and the environment:
> Environmental protection measures have created ongoing, widespread
> unemployment; have caused large numbers of plant shutdowns and layoffs in
> manufacturing; and have led many U.S. firms to flee to developing
> countries with lax environmental regulations. Virtually all economists who
> have studied the issue agree that each of these propositions is false.
>
> The Trade-Off Myth is the first book to clearly state the truth about jobs
> and the environment. In it, economist Eban Goodstein provides an in-depth
> examination of the deep-seated, but ultimately mistaken, American belief
> in a widespread jobs-environment trade-off. Goodstein:
>
> considers the roots and staying power of misperceptions regarding job
> security and environmental regulation
>
> analyzes various models used to predict employment impacts and explains
> how changes in assumptions can drastically change predicted outcomes
>
> lists and debunks, myth-by-myth, widely held perceptions about the
> impacts of environmental regulation on jobs
>
> examines localized hardships cased by environmental protection measures
> within specific industries and regions, and considers what can be done to
> mitigate those impacts
>
> explores the revisionist view that environmental protection measures can
> actually create jobs
>
> looks at jobs-environment issues that are likely to emerge as we attack
> the problem of global warming
>
> Written in clear, accessible language, The Trade-Off Myth will be
> essential reading for environmentalists, concerned citizens, policymakers,
> public officials, and anyone involved in debate over strengthening
> environmental regulations.
>
> THE ISBN NUMBER FOR THIS BOOK: 1-55963-683-1
> Island Press, 1999 / www.islandpress.org