Ashlie, it would be good if you could let us know when it's published and a web site.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Also, if you are interested in a review of Lomborg's book by a non-economist > who is right-thinking nonetheless (and an excellent jurist), check out 9th > Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski's review in an upcoming issue of > the Michigan Law Review. The issue is dated May 2002 but hasn't come out yet > (any day now). The review, entitled Gore Wars, is both informative and > entertaining reading. (Kozinski's writing style is very conversational and > this review includes Star Wars references - Kozinski likes to spice up his > writing, even from the bench). > > While Judge Kozinski is not an economist, he keeps abreast of the "junk > science" and "Chicken Little" concerns associated with the environmentalist > movement. Kozinski's review points out instances where Lomborg and his work > were unfairly criticized by the environmental "scientists." Additionally, the > review suggests a double-standard in environmental science - Lomborg's book > contained a few errors (out of hundreds of pages of data) that he corrected on > his web site (and these errors provided some of the ammunition for his critics) > while several of these critics' predictions never came to fruition or were just > plain wrong, but they did not publicly acknowledge their mistakes or errors. I > recommend Judge Kozinski's review to anyone interested in reading Lomborg's > book (which is filled densely with data that may not frighten economists, but > might dissuade others from picking it up). > > Full disclosure: I am a Book Review Editor of the Michigan Law Review and did > some editing of Kozinski's piece. > > Ashlie Warnick > > Quoting Jacob W Braestrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I assume that you have visited his website http://www.lomborg.com > > > > there you may find answers to many of your questions > > > > I am not an environmental economist, but welcome (and agree with) most > > if not all of the things that lomborg has said. And the fact that it > > needed to be said has in my view been confirmed by the reaction from > > established environmental "science" (going for the man, not the ball) > > > > What environmentalists need to do fisrt and foremost are to learn that > > resources are not infinite (actually, it's almost amusing that THEY > > can't see that), and that they therefore need to "price" the > > environment like any other thing: Because thus is the only way to make > > infinite demands (including environmental needs) be met by finite > > resources. > > > > That�s more or less my five cents on the subject. > > > > > > - jacob braestrup > > > > > Howdy, > > > > > > As ad hominem arguments fly around the internet, I > > > seem unable to get an impartial opinion. Would those > > > who study the envirnment give me the straight dope on > > > The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg? His > > > economic arguments seem pretty sound, and this > > > statistical methods, from what I can tell (not much?) > > > seem good. However, I would really enjoy an unbiased > > > review (however brief it may be) from someone more > > > knowledgeable than me. > > > > > > Sincerely from a barefooted, gap-toothed > > > mouthbreather, > > > -jsh > > > > > > ===== > > > "...for no one admits that he incurs an obligation to another merely > > because that other has done him no wrong." > > > -Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy, Discourse 16. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > > > http://autos.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > NeoMail - Webmail > >
