Friday, February 8, 2008
Spend a night with the skeptical environmentalist.
The new Laissez Faire Books is going to make some changes. Of course, if you haven’t heard, the previous owners of LFB announced it was going to close for good. The International Society for Individual Liberty came to the rescue and bought the name and what remained of inventory. Since then the inventory has been being rebuilt to start anew. And one of the new features will be more of an emphasis on DVDs. DVDs are often a fast, easy way of learning something new. And sadly, these days, many people just don’t read.
Many LFB customers liked to buy books for friends but often found the friends never read the books. DVDs help solve that problem as someone is more likely to sit down and watch a DVD than read a tome on economics, environmentalism, or history. We live in a media driven world and books are the luxury of the few. But if libertarian ideas are to spread then you have to reach more than just the intellectual elite. Again, DVDs help do that.
For those interested in environmental issues then there is no DVD better to start with than An Evening with the Skeptical Environmentalist. This is an entertaining lecture by Bjorn Lomborg, the author of the best-selling The Skeptical Environmentalist. Lomborg is an entertaining speaker who explains how he changed his mind about impending environmental doom. A former Greenpeace member, who still sees himself on the Left side of the spectrum, Lomborg is not your typical skeptic on environmental issues. He was a university professor when he changed his mind, a Greenpeace member, and is a gay vegetarian. When he stumbled across the writings of libertarian Julian Simon, Lomborg set out to debunk the debunker. He got debunked instead. And this entertaining DVD is Lomborg at his best --- and he’s good! And though he is Danish his English is perfect so don’t worry about that.
LFB previously offered this DVD at a much higher price. The new management thinks a much lower price is warranted. The new DVD price is $16.95.
To order your copy call 1-800-326-0996 or e-mail laissezfairebooks@gmail.com. And don't forget to sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter. You will find the sign up form in the upper right hand side of this page.
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