Book review: Between Doom and Denial
| dc.contributor.author | Jahangir, Junaid | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-18T16:02:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-18T16:02:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | I recall Andrew Leach from the mid 2000s. He was newly hired as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. I was working on my PhD dissertation on the Alberta electricity market restructuring. I remember being impressed by his sheer brilliance as he offered suggestions on strengthening my work. I believe that some of us are made strong so that we can serve the weak. This is why I am glad that he wrote the book, Between Doom & Denial, “to push back at half-truths that abound in public discourse” (p.1). Leach is clear that climate change is “the environmental, political, and societal challenge of our time” and that global warming is “mostly human-caused” (pp.1–3). As an economist, he is also clear that mitigating climate change is a public good, and many countries are not incentivised to mitigate climate change, instead free riding on the efforts of others (p.4). This is because the benefits of mitigating climate change are global, but the costs are local (p.9). | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jahangir, J. (2025) Book review: Between Doom and Denial. International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 15(3): 308-309. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/4035 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved | |
| dc.subject | Between Doom and Denial | |
| dc.subject | climate change | |
| dc.subject | Canada | |
| dc.subject | energy transition | |
| dc.title | Book review: Between Doom and Denial | en |
| dc.type | Review |
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