"Environmental humanism will eventually triumph over apocalyptic environmentalism." (Discussion of Michael Shellenberger's new book.)
Let's hope so.
Related: "Apocalypse Never — The Polar Bears Are Alive and Well".
Even at this late date it still amuses me that some people think academic economists have tremendous power.
The title of his book indicates that it will be a broad attack on social science. In reality, it is largely an attack on social scientists, most often conservative and libertarian ones, that he does not like. Among his list of evildoers is Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, Steven Levitt, Tyler Cowen, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Steven Pinker, James Q. Wilson, Francis Fukuyama, Samuel Huntington, and Richard Dawkins (not a social scientist but he makes Blakeley’s cut anyway). These scholars are then blamed for a long list of sins including, among many others, the housing bubble and crash, something he calls the “market polis,” the management ethos, online dating, inequality, the capitalist hellscape of Blade Runner he says we are living in, broken-windows policing, the war on terror, and democratic peace theory. Conservatives, it appears, should take heart. Despite their vanishingly small numbers in higher education, they have still managed to ruin the world.
Discusses a new book, Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric I'd like to read. Jack Welch was a considered a "legend," one of the absolute best managers of the 20th century. But what happened immediately after he left casts at least some doubt on his accomplishments.
Yet another important finding in psychology goes poof.
I second the motion. I haven't read his macroeconomics book, but I did read his A Guide to Econometrics in graduate school. Nothing like it that I've seen; highly recommended.
Thomas Sowell turned 90 a few days ago. What a tremendous scholar he is. If you haven't read his A Conflict of Visions--now more timely than ever--I highly recommend it.
Related: "Thomas Sowell at 90 Is More Relevant Than Ever" and "Thomas Sowell, An Intellectual Giant".
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Fred Siegel at City Journal reviews new books by Stanley Kurtz and John Ellis.
"To help support everyone during Covid-19, Springer has released a ton of free textbooks."
Obviously not the most recent books, but may well be worth a minute or two to look. I downloaded a couple.
I don't need it, but for anyone considering the question, it sounds like the reviewed book is something that should be read. (Particularly for those planning to go into the humanities or most social sciences. I speculate it would be less important for people attracted to the hard sciences.)
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