Rögnvaldur Hannesson received his PhD in economics at the University of Lund, Sweden.

• Environmentalism: a CritiqueContentsAcknowledgementChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Environmentalism: what is it?Chapter 3: SustainabilityChapter 4: Biodiversity, alien species, and “iconic” animalsChapter 5: EnergyChapter 6: Global warming, forest death, and the ozone holeChapter 7: Is the world overpopulated?Chapter 8: Fisheries, aquaculture, and the oceansChapter 9: ConclusionLiterature

In this book, world-renowned fisheries economist Hannesson states that his goal is to debunk environmentalism of the ecofundamentalist variety as ahistorical, unscientific, and an outright threat to progress. Putting aside his technical and statistical tools to critically evaluate his subject, the author defines ecofundamentalists as people who put nature above humans and accuses them of being hypocrites benefiting from the comforts of the industry they deride and of self-aggrandizement promoting doom and gloom. According to the author, ecofundamentalists may be a minority and represent marginal opinion, but they are capable of shaping public thinking to an unwarranted degree. He does admit there are limits to the use of nonrenewable resources, but if experience is any guide, he concludes, people will probably do just fine. To environmentalists who urge precaution, Hannesson says the only way to learn about the dangers of a product is by using it. Possibly his most striking opinion is that people have learned the laws of nature and turned them to their advantage. A nonanalytical critique, this book is recommended as a reasoned counter to some of the arguments of environmentalism. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers.

Rögnvaldur Hannesson received his PhD in economics at the University of Lund, Sweden.

• Environmentalism: a CritiqueContentsAcknowledgementChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Environmentalism: what is it?Chapter 3: SustainabilityChapter 4: Biodiversity, alien species, and “iconic” animalsChapter 5: EnergyChapter 6: Global warming, forest death, and the ozone holeChapter 7: Is the world overpopulated?Chapter 8: Fisheries, aquaculture, and the oceansChapter 9: ConclusionLiterature

In this book, world-renowned fisheries economist Hannesson states that his goal is to debunk environmentalism of the ecofundamentalist variety as ahistorical, unscientific, and an outright threat to progress. Putting aside his technical and statistical tools to critically evaluate his subject, the author defines ecofundamentalists as people who put nature above humans and accuses them of being hypocrites benefiting from the comforts of the industry they deride and of self-aggrandizement promoting doom and gloom. According to the author, ecofundamentalists may be a minority and represent marginal opinion, but they are capable of shaping public thinking to an unwarranted degree. He does admit there are limits to the use of nonrenewable resources, but if experience is any guide, he concludes, people will probably do just fine. To environmentalists who urge precaution, Hannesson says the only way to learn about the dangers of a product is by using it. Possibly his most striking opinion is that people have learned the laws of nature and turned them to their advantage. A nonanalytical critique, this book is recommended as a reasoned counter to some of the arguments of environmentalism. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers.

Rögnvaldur Hannesson received his PhD in economics at the University of Lund, Sweden.

• Environmentalism: a CritiqueContentsAcknowledgementChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Environmentalism: what is it?Chapter 3: SustainabilityChapter 4: Biodiversity, alien species, and “iconic” animalsChapter 5: EnergyChapter 6: Global warming, forest death, and the ozone holeChapter 7: Is the world overpopulated?Chapter 8: Fisheries, aquaculture, and the oceansChapter 9: ConclusionLiterature

In this book, world-renowned fisheries economist Hannesson states that his goal is to debunk environmentalism of the ecofundamentalist variety as ahistorical, unscientific, and an outright threat to progress. Putting aside his technical and statistical tools to critically evaluate his subject, the author defines ecofundamentalists as people who put nature above humans and accuses them of being hypocrites benefiting from the comforts of the industry they deride and of self-aggrandizement promoting doom and gloom. According to the author, ecofundamentalists may be a minority and represent marginal opinion, but they are capable of shaping public thinking to an unwarranted degree. He does admit there are limits to the use of nonrenewable resources, but if experience is any guide, he concludes, people will probably do just fine. To environmentalists who urge precaution, Hannesson says the only way to learn about the dangers of a product is by using it. Possibly his most striking opinion is that people have learned the laws of nature and turned them to their advantage. A nonanalytical critique, this book is recommended as a reasoned counter to some of the arguments of environmentalism. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers.