No one can fault The Economist for being boring, and the tempest stirred up by its recent and provocative article, 'Environmental Scares: Plenty of Gloom' (20 December, 1997), certainly bears this out. If forced to choose Camps between those delighted by the piece and those outraged, we are Frankly more comfortable in the former. Indeed the piece makes a point Too seldom heard in environmental debates these days, but well worth Remembering: the world has not yet gone to hell in a handbasket and may Not ever. At the same time, the article simplifies and omits much more than It should, and in ways that are important to understand.
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