Preventing Eco-apocalypse
6 August 2003 - 6:00am
The Economist reviews 3 books about human impact on the environment.
The Economist reviews (1)Our Final Century. A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century—On Earth and Beyond, By Martin Rees; (2)The Wealth of Nature: How Mainstream Economics Has Failed the Environment, By Robert L. Nadeau; and (3)Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: The Market Approach, Edited by Ian Swingland.
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Squaring the circle
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The Economist, July 31, 2003
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