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“I sometimes wish we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening-you know, like tornadoes in the Midwest and so forth-that would get people very concerned about climate change.”

Quote by Thomas Schelling

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Thomas Schelling

Thomas Schelling is an American economist renowned for his contributions to game theory and decision theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978 for his analysis of conflict and negotiation. more

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