Books

An NPR segment yesterday about rising concerns over “stagflation” in the nation’s economy reminded me of a book I read last summer called The Coming Economic Collapse, by investor and peak-oil-proponent Stephen Leeb. I checked it out at the library again so I could share.

Environmentalism as we know it should die.
With that bold call, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger riled many in the environmental movement in 2004 with when they presented their essay, “The Death of Environmentalism” [pdf] at a conference of green funders. In it they argued that the tactics of traditional environmental groups are obsolete, especially in [...]