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| #409923 in eBooks | 2013-09-03 | 2013-09-01 | File type: PDF||13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent book comparing ideas and people|By sien|The Bet (2013) by Paul Sabin is a really fine book that looks at the different beliefs of the ecologist and author of The Population Bomb Paul Ehrlich and the economist Julian Simon and their famous bet on the price of natural resources. Sabin is an academic at Yale who teaches environmental history. He introduces the boo|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Using a highly publicized thousand-dollar wager made between two scholars as a narrative framework, this gem of a book elucidates the extreme polarity between those who believe human ingenuity can solve the world's problems and
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 rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity, and famine—with apocalyptic consequences for humanity. Simon optimistically cou...
You easily download any file type for your device.The Bet | Paul Sabin. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.