Hoodwinking the nation / Julian Simon.

Author
Simon, Julian Lincoln, 1932-1998 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction, ©1999.
Description
xiv, 140 pages ; 24 cm

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      Summary note
      "Most people in the United States believe that our environment is getting dirtier, we are running out of natural resources, and population growth in the world 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 the environment, resources, and population? And why do we believe it? Those are the questions Julian L. Simon set out to answer in his book, Hoodwinking the Nation." "The purpose of this book is not to preach but to examine. Most importantly, it aims to consider whether institutional structures can be changed in a way that would allow more sanctions against undesirable practices and unethical behavior. This volume will be valuable to political economists and sociologists, and the general reader concerned with environmental issues and their social impacts."--Jacket.
      Notes
      "A Cato Institute book"--T.p. verso.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index.
      Contents
      • What do Americans wrongly believe about environment, resources, and population?
      • The vanishing farmland scam
      • The concepts that lead to scares about resources and population growth
      • Why does the public not hear sound environmental thinkers?
      • Why are so many biologists alarmed?
      • The old-time journalistic methods don't work here
      • Damn lies, statistics, and doomsday
      • Personal knowledge versus media-shaped opinions
      • How psychology affects the evaluation of trends
      • Why do we hear prophecies of doom from every side?
      ISBN
      • 1560004347 ((acid-free paper))
      • 9781560004349 ((acid-free paper))
      LCCN
      99017327
      OCLC
      40734883
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