New Article: Directing Economic Development for Sustainability

A new article titled: “Creating the Law of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development" argues that a key to sustainability is redirecting the law of economic development and that a great many recently enacted laws that move the United States toward sustainability can be understood as economic development laws.

These laws:

- require an increase in more sustainable activity,

- create a legal structure in which more sustainable activity can flourish,

- remove legal impediments to sustainability,

- apply traditional economic development laws to more sustainable activities,

- overcome market barriers to more sustainable activities,

- foster economic development in ways that also have job creation and environmental benefits, and

- support the development of green infrastructure. 

Available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1791680.  Click on “Download” and follow the simple instructions.