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we discovered in our research. the idea of superabundance occurred to us when we were looking at this original bed between julian simon and paul ehrlich in the 1980 s. paul ehrlich had written this book that painted this dystopian future that things were going to crash and england would not exist and we were going to starve. and economists picked up the book and read it. they said initially, this looks like it makes sense. but maybe i should look at what the data says about resources. how abundant the resources are. as economists, we look at the price of resources. you know, if something is money now it should be getting more expensive. what julian simon found is that the price of these things was not going up. they were going down. so how can you have something becoming more scarce that was becoming cheaper? so, he begins to research other things. he starts looking at nonrenewable metals like copper. then he extended it to these other resources. what he observed is thi ....
by the co-author of this book called superabundance: the story of population growth, innovation, and human flourishing on an infinitely bountiful planet. professor fully, what do you mean when you talk about superabundance? thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about what we discovered in our research. the idea of superabundance occurred to us when we were looking at this original bed between julian simon and paul ehrlich in the 1980 s. paul ehrlich had written this book that painted this dystopian future that things were going to crash and england would not exist and we were going to starve. and economists picked up the book and read it. they said initially, this looks like it makes sense. but maybe i should look at what the data says about resources. how abundant the resources are. as economists, we look at the price of resources. you know, if something is money now it should be getting more expensive. what julian simon found is that the price of these t ....
corrupt activity is al qaeda. this is an incorrect notion that has even planted itself in certain quarters of the united states congress. and i think it is well worth keeping in mind that for many, many, many years, ten, to be precise, there has been a network of strong connections between the syrian regime and al qaeda in iraq, connections originally used to facilitate the movement of these characters through syria in to iraq, connections which i strongly suspect still exist. with that i want to thank fred and matt. i want to congratulate that once again, i urge everyone here to buy a copy of the book on the way out and really wish this goes to the top of the new york times best-seller list of what a week is done. congratulations. [inaudible conversations] to ten .. yet environment reporter. this week environmental leadership program founder paul sabin and his latest book the bet paul ehrlich julian simon and our gambol over earth s future. he analyzes of the 30-year ....
the program is about an hour. .. was it a chicken in a and that a type of thing? it starts with an interest to look back at the 1970 s and arriving at the environmental movement what were these successes and accomplishments of that era of environmental activism? and what were some of the limitations and constraints? and the backlash against it within the country in terms of clash between liberals and conservatives i thought it was the right story to be told. host: when you look at what is happening currently in congress or out of the obama administration what lessons do you think the story of paul erlich and julian simon hold for this generation in today? fifty-seven . guest: there are one number that may be i should say that first. paul erlich author of the books the population bomb in 1968 that famously predicted we were in danger of global famine and ecological disaster and warfare and then to question then is that human ingenuity and creativity in markets wo ....
life through reading. new editor of the new york times broke review and has been redesigned and is debuting september 8. thank you for your time. thanks so much. up next on book tv dina cappiello. this week environmental are rare paul sagan. our gambol over its future. the yale historian analyzes the 30-year-old wager between an economist and biologist over the long-term effects of depleting natural resources and examines the opposing perspectives at the heart of the claman s is debate. the program is about an hour. hi. thank you so much for coming to after words and talking about your book, the bet. i found it fascinating as a reporter that cover the policy of climate change. when i was reading the book i could not help but have a sense of deja vu. first, the argument in this current congress. i want to kind of ask you at the beginning, which is, where does the idea for this book come from? was it an idea that you always had that became right because of the ....