Following on from my interview on Farming Today, I discuss the Common Agricultural Policy and knee jerk reactions regarding "Cheap Food"...

Talking Economics: Prof Dieter Helm

Cheap Food

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 7 - Net Environmental Gain

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 6 - Polluter pays

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 5 - Public Goods

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 4 - Natural Capital Accounting

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 3: Cost Benefit Analysis

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 3 - Cost Benefit Analysis

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 2 Natural Capital Metrics

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 2 - Natural Capital Metrics

HELM TALKS: A LECTURE SERIES ON NATURAL CAPITAL Lecture 1.

HELM TALKS: Natural Capital - Lecture 1 - Concepts

The unpalatable truth about Britain’s current approach to agriculture, water catchments and our green spaces is that it is damaging to both the environment and the economy. It is mired in decades of bureaucracy and the vested interests of lobbyists. Though the politics are complicated, the solutions are not. We can stop wasting billions per year paying farmers to own land; wasting money cleaning up water instead of preventing pollution; wasting money creating hard flood defences when natural flood management can be cheaper; and wasting money cutting down urban trees. There is a choice: we can impoverish ourselves by continuing down the current path or we can halt the devastation and work to rescue and revitalise the nature we have left. We can – and should – have a greener and more prosperous future.

An Introduction to Green and Prosperous Land

Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford Fellow in Economics, New College, Oxford Interests include Utilities, infrastructure, regulation and the environment. Concentrating on the energy, water, communications and transport sectors primarily in Britain and Europe

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Talking Economics: Prof Dieter Helm

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