All Posts Tagged With: "precautionary principle"
Safer Living with Chemistry
Back in 1651 Thomas Hobbes described life in the state of nature as “nasty, brutish, and short.” But even in civilized society during his lifetime, most people lived under what we would consider wretched conditions. At that time, you were lucky if you lived past 30; our notion of basic sanitation didn’t exist; people used [...]
25Jun2010 | Angela Logomasini | 1 comment | ContinuedBook Reviews – December 2007
- Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World
by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu Reviewed by Andrew P. Morriss
- Econospinning: How to Read Between the Lines When the Media Manipulate the Numbers
by Gene Epstein Reviewed by Joseph Coletti
- The Entrepreneurial Imperative: How Americas Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life)
by Carl J. Schramm Reviewed by Frederic Sautet - The Green Wave: Environmentalism and Its Consequences
by Bonner Cohen Reviewed by George C. Leef
Book Reviews – October 2006
- Reviving the Invisible Hand: The
Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-First Century
by Deepak Lal Reviewed by Richard M. Ebeling
- Laws of Fear
by Cass Sunstein Reviewed by Donald J. Boudreaux
- Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an
Empire’s
Slaves
by Adam Hochschild Reviewed by Becky Akers
- Why Men Earn More
by Warren Farrell Reviewed by George C. Leef
Energy: The Master Resource
The economic and historical ignorance of the American public is frequently exploited by politicians and special-interest groups. The hotter the issue, the greater the exploitation, and no issue is hotter today than energy. Myths and misconceptions abound, leading people to embrace harmful interventionist policies. Ask a hundred typical Americans what role government should play in [...]
14Dec2005 | George C. Leef | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Great Horse-Manure Crisis of 1894
We commonly read or hear reports to the effect that “If trend X continues, the result will be disaster.” The subject can be almost anything, but the pattern of these stories is identical. These reports take a current trend and extrapolate it into the future as the basis for their gloomy prognostications. The conclusion is, [...]
1Sep2004 | Stephen Davies | 78 comments | ContinuedThe Irrational Precautionary Principle
Chlorine is a common chemical. It’s estimated to be used in the production of 80 percent of all pharmaceuticals. But like most chemicals it can cause problems depending on the dose, what it is mixed with, and how it is used. On one hand, it is used to disinfect drinking water and saves millions of [...]
1Apr2004 | James Peron | 1 comment | ContinuedTen Years After the Bet: The More Things Change. . .
Michael Mallinger is a research associate at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. The late Julian Simon’s victory in his famous bet with Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich was a defining moment in the free-market movement’s victory over Malthusianism. In 1980 Simon challenged Ehrlich to choose five commodities that would become more expensive over the [...]
1Nov2001 | Michael D. Mallinger | 0 comments | ContinuedSilencing Science
This slim volume is an ironic how-to guide for heavy-handed regulators, panic-mongering activists, demagogic politicians, venal trial lawyers, dogmatic religionists, and anyone else with an interest in stifling or manipulating science. In breezy style, the authors explain how to impede research and suppress data, using lawsuits, regulation, intimidation, and other methods. They also show how [...]
1Oct1999 | Kenneth Silber | 0 comments | ContinuedGlobal Warming: Hot Problem or Hot Air?
Jonathan Adler is director of environmental studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C., and the editor of The Costs of Kyoto: Climate Change Policy and Its Implications (1997), from which portions of this essay are adapted. El Niño is the overhyped weather event of the decade. It has even made CNN’s “Larry King [...]
1Apr1998 | Jonathan H. Adler | 6 comments | Continued-
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