The Skeptical Environmentalist

Measuring the Real State of the World

by Bjørn Lomborg

Cambridge UP, 2001

ISBN: 9780521804479
Pages: 515

Category: Concepts & Trends
This summary is also available in: German

In this summary you will learn

• The counter-arguments to claims that environmental degradation threatens human life and health
• How and why environmental groups exaggerate potential dangers
• How continued economic growth will ameliorate many dire environmental threats

Why you should read The Skeptical Environmentalist

The earth is not running out of oil. Global warming will not destroy our civilization. Starvation is being eliminated. Pollution is receding, and the environment, in general, is clean and in pretty good health. Do these statements sound preposterous? If so, you’ve probably been spending too much time listening to the scaremongers that make their livings through the media. Or at least, that’s the opinion of Bjorn Lomborg, who shoots down many popular but wrongly held notions with his fresh analysis of long-term environmental and health data. His book is impeccably documented, to the point that many readers will get lost in technical details and statistical analysis. For that reason, getAbstract.com recommends this book primarily to serious students of environmental policy.

About the Author

Bjorn Lomborg  is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He has published in international journals in the fields of game theory and computer simulations.

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