Julian Simon

Hoodwinking the Nation (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Most people in the United States believe that our environment is getting dirtier, we are running out of natural resources, and population growth is a burden and a threat

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351515207
• Artikelnr.: 48866644

Autorenporträt

Julian Simon

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: What Do Americans Wrongly Believe about Environment, Resources, and Population?
2: The Vanishing Farmland Scam
3: The Concepts That Lead to Scares about Resources and Population Growth
4: Why Does the Public Not Hear Sound Environmental Thinkers?
5: Why Are So Many Biologists Alarmed?
6: The Old-Time Journalistic Methods Don't Work Here
7: Damn Lies, Statistics, and Doomsday
8: Personal Knowledge versus Media-Shaped Opinions
9: How Psychology Affects the Evaluation of Trends
10: Why Do We Hear Prophecies of Doom from Every Side?
Conclusion