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Iain Murray
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Learn moreDid you know that pollutants and estrogen from contraceptives are causing male fish in America to develop female sex organs? Or that ethanol, the liberals' favorite fuel, is destroying the world's rainforests? We hear about AIDS in Africa, but the number one killer of children in Africa is malaria, and guess who banned the pesticide that used to have malaria under control? Iain Murray's exposโยฎ reveals how environmental blowhards actually do more to waste energy, endanger species, and kill people than those they finger while capitalism, hunting, and old-fashioned property rights have made the planet better.
Iain Murray is Vice President for Strategy and senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, DC-based think tank that works to promote free markets and limited government. Murray also directs the Center for Economic Freedom at CEI. For the past fifteen years at CEI, Iain has written and lectured extensively on free markets and the environment, labor policy, finance, the EU, and trade. He tweets at @ismurray and is a Contributing Editor at Instapundit.com. Before coming to CEI, Iain was Director of Research at the Statistical Assessment Service. A former civil servant in the United Kingdom, where he helped to privatize the railroad industry, Iain immigrated to the U.S. in 1997 and remains a British citizen. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of London and a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. He is married with two children and lives in Northern Virginia. Iain is a long-suffering fan of the Washington Redskins, Sunderland AFC, and the England cricket team. He likes to brew his own beer and play board and table-top games with friends.
Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Robertson Dean
ISBN:
9781481583527
Length:
10 hours 30 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
June 13, 2008
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“Iain Murray, again and again, demonstrates that the motivating passion for environmentalism is too often a desire for political control first and environmental improvement second. He has the keenest of eyes for spotting where science ends and utopianism takes its place—and rationally explaining why this is folly.”
โDean keeps his reading fairly evenhanded. When the text calls for skepticism, he injects it, but he never rants. His pleasant, engaging voice keeps one listeningโฆA well-organized thesis and a well-read audio.โ
โEver wonder about the story of the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland? Or the accuracy of Rachel Carsonโs dire warnings about DDT? Or the systematic attempt to discredit prominent scientists who question that there is a significant man-made impact on global temperatures? If you care about the environment, Iain Murrayโs book is a valuable resource. Murrayโs book questions politically correct myths that endanger both the environment and public safety.โ
โWith detailed analysis and insight borne of his unique experience, Iain Murray reveals the consequences for which the โenvironmentalistโ establishmentโand their political and media enablersโhave yet to be held accountable, too busy rushing off to once again wreak destruction in the name of another โgreatest threat:โ global warming. Murrayโs account almost makes one yearn for an international criminal court. Almost.โ
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