Julian Simon sends environmentalists apoplectic. Disappearing rainforests,
ozone holes, global warming? So what?, he says. It doesn鈥檛 matter. Human
ingenuity will get us by, and make us ever richer. Overpopulation? More hands to
work will counteract more mouths to feed. 鈥淏alanced,鈥� says the blurb to The
State of Humanity (Blackwell, 拢16.99/$24.95, ISBN 1 55786 585 X).
Oh no it鈥檚 not. The frisson comes from wondering if he is right.
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