Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-349) and index.
Table of Contents
The progress explosion: permanently escaping the Malthusian trap / R. Bailey -- How do we know the temperature of the earth? Global warming and global temperatures / Roy Spencer -- Doing more with less: dematerialization-- unsung environmental triumph? / Lynn Scarlett -- World population prospects for the twenty-first century: the specter of "depopulation"? / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Fishing for solutions: the state of the world's fisheries / Michael De Alessi -- Soft energy versus hard facts: powering the twenty-first century / Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren -- Richer is more resilient: dealing with climate change and more urgent environmental problems / Indur M. Goklany -- Endocrine disruptors: new toxic menace? / Stephen H. Safe -- Biological diversity: divergent views on its status and diverging approaches to its conservation / Rowan B. Martin -- Benchmarks: the global trends that are shaping our world / Paul Georgia, I. Goklany, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute staff.