Hoodwinking the nation / Julian Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Julian Lincoln, 1932-1998., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences--Philosophy.

Environmental sciences.

Environmental degradation.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction, 1999.

Summary:

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. These beliefs according to Simon, are entirely wrong. Why do the media report so much false bad news about these? And why do we believe it? Those are the questions distinguished scholar, Julian Simon set out to answer in this book.

Contents:

chapter INTRODUCTION

chapter 1 WHAT DO AMERICANS WRONGLY BELIEVE ABOUT ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES, AND POPULATION?

chapter 2 THE VANISHING FARMLAND SCAM

chapter 3 THE CONCEPTS THAT LEAD TO SCARES ABOUT RESOURCES AND POPULATION GROWTH

chapter 4 WHY DOES THE PUBLIC NOT HEAR SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL THINKERS?

chapter 5 WHY ARE SO MANY BIOLOGISTS ALARMED?

chapter 6 THE OLD-TIME JOURNALISTIC METHODS DON'T WORK HERE

chapter 7 DAMN LIES, STATISTICS, AND DOOMSDAY

chapter 8 PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE VERSUS MEDIA-SHAPED OPINIONS

chapter 9 HOW PSYCHOLOGY AFFECTS THE EVALUATION OF TRENDS

chapter 10 WHY DO WE HEAR PROPHECIES OF DOOM FROM EVERY SIDE?.

Notes:

"A Cato Institute book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-51519-5

0-203-78985-7

1-351-51520-9

9780203789858

OCLC:

995538399