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Chapter 1.Introduction: More than You Know 1 -- Chapter 2. Unfortunately, the Best Things in Life Aren't Free: How Economists Think 15 -- Chapter 3. T'aint What You Do (It's the Way that Cha Do It): Why Do We Spoil the Environment? 35 -- Chapter 4. Who Will Buy?: Weighing the Value of Environmental Goods 53 -- Chapter 5. Lovely to Look At, Delightful to Know: Preserving Our Natural Resources 67 -- Chapter 6. Where Be the Dragons?: The Loss of Biodiversity 83 -- Chapter 7. I Get Along without You Very Well: Solving Pollution Problems 95 -- Chapter 8. How High the Sky: Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, and Global Warming 119 -- Chapter 9. A Worrisome Thing: The Environment and Economic Growth 131 -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: I'm Beginning to See the Light 143.