The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble Over Earth's Future

by Paul Sabin

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300198973

ISBN13:9780300198973

Release Date:September 2014

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.0" x 8.2"

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