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The Bet

Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future

Paul Sabin

Can innovation and markets prevent environmental catastrophe or are we headed for scarcity? In "The Bet," economist Julian Simon and biologist Paul Ehrlich wage a wager on the future prices of five metals that captured the public's attention around the concept of coming prosperity versus doom. Their bet speaks to a conflict over environmentalism and government involvement, woven together with partisan politics of the time. Author Paul Sabin argues for using social values in guiding choices about climate change, the planet's health, and humanity's future.
Publish Date
2013-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
2013-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.7
ISBN
9780300176483
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
Gave me new perspective on why so many big challenges get bogged down in political battles rather than being focused on problem-solving.      source