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Trading Away Conflict

In: How I Saw It Analysis and Commentary on Environmental Finance (1999–2005)

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There are no heads of governments peaking or even attending. There are no vistas of mountains with snow-covered trees. Why should we even compare it to the beautiful Swiss city of Davos and the annual meeting of theWorld Economic Forum (WEF) that takes place there? The Milken Institute Global Conference takes place in the fashionable community of Beverly Hills, California, but it does have some important similarities to the WEF meeting. This year it attracted more than 2,300 people. Panelists included seven Nobel Prize winners, as well as such notable individuals as former US vice president Al Gore, General Wesley Clark, and News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch. It appeared to me that institutional investors controlling at least $2 trillion were there…

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  • Richard L. Sandor, 2017. "Trading Away Conflict," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: How I Saw It Analysis and Commentary on Environmental Finance (1999–2005), chapter 58, pages 244-247, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Environment; Emissions; Trading; Finance; Derivatives; Water; Energy; Carbon; Catastrophe; Weather; Sustainability; Fisheries; Greenhouse Gases; Sulfur Dioxide; Acid Rain;
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    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General

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