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“The benefits of a modest warming would outweigh the costs - by $8.4 billion a year in 1990 dollars by the year 2060, according to Robert Mendelsohn at Yale University - thanks to longer growing seasons, more wood fiber production, lower construction costs, lower mortality rates, and lower rates of morbidity (illness).”

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Joseph L. Bast

Joseph L. Bast is an American author born on January 22, 1958. His work primarily focuses on economics, politics, and free-market theories. Bast has a significant influence in both academic and public spheres, particularly in advocating for free markets and opposing government intervention. more

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