Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Why the Earth Is Getting Warmer -- Just a tiny little bit -- The greenhouse effect -- Why it all comes down to carbon dioxide -- Other greenhouse gases -- The human influence -- One more degree already -- The past 800,000 years -- Correlation and...

The Earth is getting warmer. Yet, as Hans-Werner Sinn points out in this provocative book, the dominant policy approach--which aims to curb consumption of fossil energy--has been ineffective. Despite policy makers' efforts to promote alternative energy, impose emission controls on cars, and...