{"product_id":"true-state-of-the-planet-9780028740102","title":"True State of the Planet","description":"In the 25 years since the first Earth Day in 1970, the environmental movement has spawned a new generation of scientists asking vital questions about the true state and fate of the planet. But, surprisingly, some of their answers -- and even the questions themselves -- contradict the movement's deepest beliefs. Why are reserves of oil, precious metals, and other natural resources more plentiful than ever before? Why has the population growth of the twentieth century brought \u003ci\u003erising\u003c\/i\u003e standards of living for nearly all? In \u003ci\u003eThe True State of the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e ten premier scholars shatter the myths of overpopulation, food, global warming, and pesticides, while redirecting environmentalists' concerns to the far more urgent problems of fisheries, fresh water, and third-world pollution -- and the political causes behind them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 7.01w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780028740102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1995 pg. 1459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRonald Bailey is producer of the national weekly public television series \u003ci\u003eThink Tank with Ben Wattenberg\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eEco-Scam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921768497267,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_737ba285-04e0-4e77-b86b-c0ecbc9c0c37.jpg?v=1647351349","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/true-state-of-the-planet-9780028740102","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}