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The Triumph of Doubt - Dark Money and the Science of Deception (Hardcover)
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The Triumph of Doubt - Dark Money and the Science of Deception (Hardcover)
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Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate change. America is a country
of everyday crises - big, long-spanning problems that persist,
mostly unregulated, despite their toll on the country's health and
vitality. And for every case of government inaction on one of these
issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science
is unclear. The data is inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified.
It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt traces the
ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government,
from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its
current manifestations across government, public policy, and even
professional sports. Well-heeled American corporations have long
had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and
manufacturing uncertainty; in The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama
and Clinton official David Michaels details how bad science becomes
public policy - and where it's happening today. Amid fraught
conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," The Triumph
of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the
machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society.
It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient
conversations around science and the public good for the
foreseeable future.
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