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- Artist
- Sabin, Paul
- ISBN
- 9780300176483
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300176481
ISBN-13
9780300176483
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160072660
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bet : Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Demography, Environmental Economics, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-007845
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
" The Bet provides an important contribution to canonical works in environmental history and environmental studies. It is a remarkable story of a critical moment in the environmental movement, and Sabin has told it expertly."-Frederick R. Davis, Florida State University, "An illuminating, judicious, and engaging examination of the conflict between environmentalists and their critics over the past five decades."-Glenn C. Altschuler, Tulsa World, "In telling the story of Ehrlich and Simon's bet, Paul Sabin offers a compelling analysis of two very different, but equally important, ways of understanding the future of humans and the environment that still shape the world of environmental politics today."-Jay Turner, Wellesley College, "Paul Sabin's The Bet is wonderfully conceived, sharply focused and entertainingly executed. In the story of a famous bet between two men of large egos, he manages to touch on the most basic problems we face in trying to come to terms with our current environmental crisis."-Richard White, author of Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America, "Have you ever wondered why environmental politics became so bitterly divided along partisan party lines? Why does the left believe that climate change will harm us, while the right is certain that technological innovation will prevail? Paul Sabin's smart, compelling analysis in The Bet helps us understand these ideological divides. Beautifully written, non-partisan, and filled with surprising insights, The Bet is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand modern environmental politics."-Nancy Langston, author of Toxic Bodies: DES and the Lessons of History, "A refreshingly readable and consistently insightful portrait of the ferocious American politics of global population since the 1960s and of two implacable enemies who strangely resembled one another."-J.R. McNeill, author of Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-century World, "A brilliant idea for a book. . . . Sabin has produced an absorbing narrative of how two people's 'clashing insights' unleashed on the world polarised views of the environmental and resource threats we face in the 21st century."-Fred Pearce, New Scientist, "In telling the story of Ehrlich and Simon's bet, Paul Sabin offers a compelling analysis of two very different, but equally important, ways of understanding the future of humans and the environment that still shape the world of environmental politics today."--Jay Turner, Wellesley College, "While Sabin crafts a fine tale of the contrasting personalities and views of the protagonists, he does not neglect their interesting common ground."-Fred Pearce, New Scientist, "[A] gem of a book. . . Sabin provides a fascinating and highly readable archaeology of political science in America."- Publishers Weekly , starred review, "Paul Sabin vividly and creatively explores the half century battle over environmental policy by telling the story of the clash -and famous "bet" - between Paul Ehrlich, the prophet of population doom, and Julian Simon, the advocate of technology and markets. My own wager is that The Bet will also provide a very valuable and timely framework for understanding today's great environmental debates. In fact, I will double down on that bet!"- Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World and of The Prize, "This was a brilliant idea for a book. In The Bet , Paul Sabin has produced an absorbing narrative of how two people's 'clashing insights' unleashed on the world polarised views of the environmental and resource threats we face in the 21st century."-Fred Pearce, New Scientist, "Not so fast, argues historian Paul Sabin, who in The Bet attempts to use their wager to narrate parallel biographies of Simon and Ehrlich, as well as a US political environmental history of the past half-century. The result is a revealing tale."-Jon Christensen, Nature, "Provides surprising insights for anyone involved in addressing the world's 'wicked problems.' Most of all, it gave me new perspective on why so many big challenges get bogged down in political battles rather than being focused on problem-solving."-Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, "The Best Books I Read in 2013," TheGatesNotes.com, " The Bet provides an important contribution to canonical works in environmental history and environmental studies. It is a remarkable story of a critical moment in the environmental movement, and Sabin has told it expertly."--Frederick R. Davis, Florida State University, "A refreshingly readable and consistently insightful portrait of the ferocious American politics of global population and resources since the 1960s and of two implacable enemies who strangely resembled one another."-J.R. McNeill, author of Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-century World, "In his new book, The Bet , Paul Sabin has managed to write a work of serious historical scholarship about a vexing political issue - and make it read like a character-driven novel."-David Leonhardt, The New York Times , Economix blog, "The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future provides surprising insights for anyone involved in addressing the world's 'wicked problems.' Most of all, it gave me new perspective on why so many big challenges get bogged down in political battles rather than being focused on problem-solving . . . . I recommend The Bet to anyone wanting to understand the history of the divisive discussions we have today, especially the stalemate over climate change."-Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, "The Best Books I Read in 2013," TheGatesNotes.com, "A wonderful new book . . . . and a fantastic introduction to population-resource debates of the late-twentieth century. It will be the required first reading on this topic in my future courses."-Roger Pielke, Jr., The Energy Collective, "A refreshingly readable and consistently insightful portrait of the ferocious American politics of global population and resources since the 1960s - and of two implacable enemies who strangely resembled one another."-J.R. McNeill, author of Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-century World
Dewey Decimal
333.7
Synopsis
Are we headed for a world of scarce resources and environmental catastrophe, or will innovation and markets yield greater prosperity In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity, and famine--with apocalyptic consequences for humanity. Simon optimistically countered that human welfare would flourish thanks to flexible markets, technological change, and our collective ingenuity. Simon and Ehrlich's debate reflected a deepening national conflict over the future of the planet. The Bet weaves the two men's lives and ideas together with the era's partisan political clashes over the environment and the role of government. In a lively narrative leading from the dawning environmentalism of the 1960s through the pivotal presidential contest between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and on into the 1990s, Paul Sabin shows how the fight between Ehrlich and Simon--between environmental fears and free-market confidence--helped create the gulf separating environmentalists and their critics today. Drawing insights from both sides, Sabin argues for using social values, rather than economic or biological absolutes, to guide society's crucial choices relating to climate change, the planet's health, and our own., Are we headed for a world of scarce resources and environmental catastrophe, or will innovation and markets yield greater prosperity In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public s imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity, and famine with apocalyptic consequences for humanity. Simon optimistically countered that human welfare would flourish thanks to flexible markets, technological change, and our collective ingenuity.Simon and Ehrlich s debate reflected a deepening national conflict over the future of the planet. The Bet weaves the two men s lives and ideas together with the era s partisan political clashes over the environment and the role of government. In a lively narrative leading from the dawning environmentalism of the 1960s through the pivotal presidential contest between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and on into the 1990s, Paul Sabin shows how the fight between Ehrlich and Simon between environmental fears and free-market confidence helped create the gulf separating environmentalists and their critics today. Drawing insights from both sides, Sabin argues for using social values, rather than economic or biological absolutes, to guide society s crucial choices relating to climate change, the planet s health, and our own.", Are we headed for a world of scarce resources and environmental catastrophe, or will innovation and markets yield greater prosperity
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HC79.E5
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