The bet : Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and our gamble over Earth's future / Paul Sabin.
"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, predic...
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Table of Contents:
- Biologist to the rescue
- Dreams and fears of growth
- Listening to Cassandra
- The triumph of optimism
- Polarizing politics
- Betting the future of the planet.