Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America [Paperback]

Ron Arnold (Author), Alan Gottlieb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2010

They challenge environmentalism! Eco-group leaders polled by People magazine voted Ron and Alan the Number One "Enemy of the Earth" they'd like to see livivng next to a toxic waste dump. Everybody is talking about them. Time magazine said, ".in the wise-use movement, its ideologues are Ron Arnold, a former Sierra Clubber who did a philosopical backflip, and Alan Gottlieb, a longtime fundraiser for conservative causes." The New York Times wrote, " Mr. Gottlieb is the most successful fund-raiser working to tap a growing movement of loggers, ranchers, miners, oil drillers, dirt-bike riders and others who view big environmental groups as a threat to their livelihood and way of life." The Washington Post wrote, " A former Sierra Club official... Arnold says he still considers himself a strong conservationist. But he accuses mainstream groups of exaggerating or even inventing environmental threats in order to advance narrow political goals that have little to do with safeguarding natural resources."

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The best reference book on the environmental movement in print. Has facts and figures you'll find nowhere else. Names names and exposes misdeeds. -- David Ridenour, National Center for Public Policy Research

About the Author

Ron Arnold is an award-winning writer and advocate of free enterprise. Alan Gottlieb is a media figure and chairman of Talk American Radio Networks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 670 pages
• Publisher: Merril Press; 2 Sub edition (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093957117X
• ISBN-13: 978-0939571178
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,183,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Think You Still Have Property Rights?, December 13, 2009

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This review is from: Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America (Paperback)

It's obvious that our property rights have been seriously undermined. The Columbia Gorge story should convince you. Add to that the Kelo decision in CT and the CAO ordinances all over Washington State.
Ask yourself why the environmental movement hardly mentions the "other half" of the economy, i.e. the people that privately create jobs. Government spending to create jobs or save nature is not an "investment", as it is when you invest for a small gain (interest on the use of your money). Government "investment" is taxation.
And they did it by trickery.

22 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Painful Truth, June 26, 2001

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This review is from: Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America (Paperback)

In "Trashing the Planet", Arnold and Gottlieb pull the curtain back on the current environmental movement. They show that the policies and beliefs of most of the mainstream environmental groups would shock most of the "average" environmentalists. Being Green feels good, but cannot be intellectully supported by the new-luddites of today. Arnold and Gottlieb deliver a well reasoned, logical, expose of the movement.

9 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Opinionated, December 14, 2001

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This review is from: Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America (Paperback)

It seems the authors of this book are writing by opinion and backing their opinions up with facts they find to make them sound right. I don't argue the fact that some Environmental groups can become overzealous in their cause and forget what their goal is BUT... what about the people like the average farmer who has been practicing conservation efforts from the begining. They till the earth, plant a crop, fertilize the crop with animal bi-products, reap the harvest, feed themselves and the animals, over and over, etc... Most people today have no idea what it takes to grow food for themselves, their families and/or their animals. All most people know is that they go to the store and their is food. Centuries ago, people grew their food and raised their animals and fed themselves. With the newest technology, we all WANT WANT WANT. What do you think all of this WANT does??? It causes the supply and demand curves of general economics to be put into motion. People need these high paying jobs just to live because we have caused the cost of living to rise so far that we cannot survive on the means of a famer, or simple laborer. We've caused this economic destruction ourselves by simple WANT and not NEED. So who do we blame??? Ask the authors and you'll hear what was written in the book, Environmentalists. Heaven forbid we blame ourselves.

Ask a child today where beef comes from. You'll probably hear "the grocery store". It is this false sense of nature and naturalism that "most" environmentalists are striving to help people recognize. People will not open there eyes to see the fact that each of us has an impact on the earth and people who sit back and say go ahead; drive your old clunky cars; drill oil; pollute the air, we won't be around to see the destruction it causes. They choose to live for themselves. The gift from God that we were all born with was free will. What we choose to do with it is determined by the individual. People gather into many groups to consolidate their efforts to use their free will. In almost every type of group, we see the end result of arguments over who is right and who is wrong.