Book Review - Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet By Gernot Wagner and Martin L. Weitzman
“The rich will adapt. The poor will suffer.”
That’s where we’re headed with global warming, according to “Climate Shock,” a welcome new addition to the growing library of depressing but important books about climate change.
Although that quote may seem too glib, it’s probably right on, and I appreciated such a blunt reality check in a book by two economists, Gernot Wagner from the Environmental Defense Fund and Marty Weitzman from Harvard University. ...