Gambling With Civilisation

Gambling With Civilisation

William Nordhaus’s book, The Climate Casino, gives a calm and reasoned view of the dangers from climate change. Nice, but something fiercer is needed to persuade the people who need to be persuaded. “Given the current state of American politics, the combination of self-interest, ideology, and hostility to science constitutes a huge roadblock to action, and rational argumentation isn’t likely to help. Meanwhile, time is running out”