LEADER 03716nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910790571703321 005 20230803021514.0 010 $a0-300-19888-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300198881 035 $a(CKB)2550000001113452 035 $a(EBL)3421270 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000980706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12344508 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10969162 035 $a(PQKB)10229186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421270 035 $a(DE-B1597)486193 035 $a(OCoLC)857490891 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300198881 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001113452 100 $a20130612d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe bet$b[electronic resource] $ePaul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and our gamble over Earth's future /$fPaul Sabin 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-17648-1 311 0 $a1-299-82057-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER ONE. Biologist to the Rescue --$tCHAPTER TWO. Dreams and Fears of Growth --$tCHAPTER THREE. Listening to Cassandra --$tCHAPTER FOUR. The Triumph of Optimism --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Polarizing Politics --$tCHAPTER SIX. Betting the Future of the Planet --$tNotes --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $a"The Bet uses a legendary wager between the Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich and the conservative University of Illinois economist Julian Simon to examine the roots of modern environmentalism and its relationship to broader political conflicts in the nation. Ehrlich, author of the landmark 1968 book The Population Bomb, believed that rising populations would cause overconsumption, scarcity, and disastrous famines. Simon countered that flexible markets, technological change, and human ingenuity would allow societies to adapt to changing circumstances and continue to improve human welfare. In 1980, they made a much-ballyhooed bet about the future prices of five metals that served as a proxy for their arguments about the future. The Bet weaves intellectual biographies of Ehrlich and Simon into the history of late twentieth-century environmental politics and other struggles of the era between liberals and conservatives. Humanity's larger gamble on the future still remains unresolved. By wrestling with the different sides of these arguments, The Bet encourages a more nuanced approach to environmental problems, one that acknowledges the limitations of both ecology and economics in guiding policy, and that instead emphasizes the conflicting values that underlie political choices. The Bet is structured around three bets: first, the $1000 bet that Ehrlich (and two colleagues) made with Simon over the prices of chromium, copper, nickel, tin, and tungsten; second, the bet that the United States faced in the 1980 presidential election in choosing between Carter and Reagan; and third, the larger gamble that we as a society continue to make as we make choices"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEnvironmental economics 606 $aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aEnvironmental economics. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 676 $a333.7 686 $aBUS099000$aSCI026000$aPOL044000$2bisacsh 700 $aSabin$b Paul$f1970-$01547697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790571703321 996 $aThe bet$93869211 997 $aUNINA