The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
Editorial Reviews
Matt Ridley, author of Genome
"...should be read by every environmentalist, so that the appalling errors of fact the environmental movement has made in the past are not repeated."
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'This is one of the most valuable books on public policy - not merely on environmental policy - to have been written for the intelligent reader in the past ten years ... The Skeptical Environmentalist is a triumph.' The Economist '... a superbly documented and readable book.' Wall Street Journal
'The Skeptical Environmentalist should be read by every environmentalist, so that the appalling errors of fact the environmental movement has made in the past are not repeated. A brilliant and powerful book.' Matt Ridley, author of Genome 'The Skeptical Environmentalist is perhaps the most important book about the environment since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) awakened the world to the dangers of unrestrained economic growth.' Jason Cowley, New Statesman
'Bjorn Lomborg is an outstanding representative of the 'new breed' of political scientists - mathematically-skilled and computer-adept. In this book he shows himself also to be a hard-headed, empirically-oriented analyst. Surveying a vast amount of data and taking account of a wide range of more and less informed opinion about environmental threats facing the planet, he comes to a balanced assessment of which ones are real and which over-hyped. In vigorous informal style, he indicates what needs to be done to address the real environmental hazards - and what needs not to be done about those turning out to be pseudo-problems.' Jack Hirshleifer, University of California, Los Angeles
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World,Bjorn Lomborg,Cambridge University Press,0521010683,Ecology,Economics - General,Environmental Engineering & Technology,Environmental Policy,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Global environmental change,Human Ecology,Pollution,Public Policy - General,Science,Science/Mathematics,Business & Economics / Economics / General,Development economics,Economic statistics,Environmental economics
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