CLIMATE SHOCK The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

Grover Gardner, one of the most accomplished and experienced audiobook performers, presents the authors’ clear-eyed and broad-ranging economic analysis of the consequences of climate change. Wagner and Weitzman draw from a representative selection of economic sources. They offer no complex calculations unsuitable for an audiobook. They analyze the need for action, the economic reasons for our failure to act, and the likelihood—and great dangers—of cheap, uncoordinated “geoengineering.” This is a brief, solid treatment of a very broad topic. As always, Gardner’s voice is clear and perfectly paced. He provides the listener with time to absorb new ideas without seeming too slow. A great narration of an important book. F.C. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2016]