Why "the armchair economist" is "not an environmentalist"

Why "the armchair economist" is "not an environmentalist"

On this week's Power Hour, Alex Epstein interviews economist Steven Landsburg, professor of economics at The University of Rochester, about how economics can help us understand many realms--including today's "religion of environmentalism."

They discuss:
- How Landsburg's popular book The Armchair Economist came about.
- Why Landsburg regards "people respond to incentives" as the foundation of economics.
- How understanding incentives makes sense of seemingly counterintuitive outcomes, such as recycling programs leading to fewer trees.
- How understanding economics could have vastly improved vaccine distribution in the US.
- The science of ecology vs. the religion of ecology.
- How human beings ability to adapt to climate changes is largely ignored in today's discussions--and why economists don't speak up about it.
- How "environmentalists" treat their personal preferences as morally superior to others' preferences.
- Landsburg's economics-based approach to species extinction.

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Kirk Sorensen on The Nuclear Opportunity

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Brendan O’Neill on Humanism vs. Anti-Humanism

Brendan O’Neill on Humanism vs. Anti-Humanism

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Mark Mills on America’s Energy Opportunities

Mark Mills on America’s Energy Opportunities

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Rod Adams on Nuclear Policy

Rod Adams on Nuclear Policy

On this week’s Power Hour, Alex is joined by Rod Adams, Publisher of Atomic Insights, to discuss the past, present, and future of nuclear policy. Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes

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Oren Cass on America’s Energy Opportunities

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On this week’s Power Hour, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Oren Cass talks to Alex about his new paper “Step on the Gas! How to Extend America’s Energy Advantage.” Subscribe to Power Hour on iTunes

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Robert Zubrin on the Future of Human Progress: Aquaculture, Mariculture, and Genetic Engineering

Robert Zubrin on the Future of Human Progress: Aquaculture, Mariculture, and Genetic Engineering

On this episode I talk to Robert Zubrin, author of Merchants of Despair and president of The Mars Society, about Aquaculture, Mariculture, Genetic Engineering and the role of anti-humanism in slowing down progress to human life. This is one of my favorite episodes ever. Among other things, it totally changed my view of the ocean. […]

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Michael Shellenberger on a New Approach to Environmental Issues

Michael Shellenberger on a New Approach to Environmental Issues

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