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S4E16: Is Everything Better Than We Think?: Bjorn Lomborg
S4E16: Is Everything Better Than We Think?: Bjorn Lomborg
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Length:
118 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
This episode was recorded on January 21, 2021.Dr. Bjorn Lomborg and I discuss a variety of topics in the realm of climate change and worldwide problems. We examine the claims made in his latest book False Alarm. Throughout the episode we touch on sustainable development goals, prioritizing problems for the world, achieving the highest return on investment, the apocalypse lens we apply to many global issues, making the poor richer, innovation, adaptation, selling and marketing solutions, and much more.Dr. Bjorn Lomborg is a Danish author and President of the think tank, Copenhagen Consensus Center. Bjorn champions a path to solving world problems through the use of economic research to determine where to spend our resources based on the return on investment and severity of the impending issue. Dr. Lomborg’s more notable books include False Alarm and How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place.Thank you to our sponsors -Relief FactorLadderFor advertising inquires please contact: sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Released:
Apr 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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