Reasons to be cheerful

• Autores: Bjorn Lomborg
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2938, 2013, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • For the past half century, a fundamental debate has raged between optimists and pessimists over the state of the world. Pessimists build their case on overpopulation, starvation and depletion of resources, while optimists stand for the infallibility of the market economy. Here, Lomborg say they can settle the debate with an objective scorecard. Of course, the grand debate between optimists and pessimists won't be settled by a single book. But getting comparable numbers for the first time across some of the most important issues might make it a bit easier for realists to focus the conversation on what really matters.