Hoodwinking the Nation

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

List of contents

Introduction; 1: What Do Americans Wrongly Believe about Environment, Resources, and Population?; 2: The Vanishing Farmland Scam; 3: The Concepts That Lead to Scares about Resources and Population Growth; 4: Why Does the Public Not Hear Sound Environmental Thinkers?; 5: Why Are So Many Biologists Alarmed?; 6: The Old-Time Journalistic Methods Don't Work Here; 7: Damn Lies, Statistics, and Doomsday; 8: Personal Knowledge versus Media-Shaped Opinions; 9: How Psychology Affects the Evaluation of Trends; 10: Why Do We Hear Prophecies of Doom from Every Side?; Conclusion

About the author

Julian Simon

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

Product details

• Authors: Julian L. Simon, Julian Simon, Julian L. Simon, Julian Lincoln Simon, Simon Julian
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.1999
• EAN: 9781560004349
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-434-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Communication Policy, The environment, Communication Studies, Science / Environmental Science, Ethical issues & debates, Central / national / federal government policies, Ethical issues and debates, Central government policies