Originale scritto da Kevin Carson e pubblicato il 25 luglio 2017 con il titolo Ron Bailey, Terrible Simplificateur. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Ron Bailey, redattore scientifico di Reason, fa la ramanzina a Eugene Linden (“Overpopulation Scaremongering Never Gets Old,” June 19) per aver detto che la povertà del Lesotho è colpa della sovrappopolazione. “Troppo semplice,”…

Reason Science Editor Ron Bailey (“Overpopulation Scaremongering Never Gets Old,” June 19) takes Eugene Linden to task for blaming Lesotho’s poverty on overpopulation. “That’s far too simple a story,” Bailey says — whereupon he hands his beer to Linden and demonstrates how a real pro oversimplifies things. Lesotho couldn’t be overpopulated, Bailey says, because it’s got…

Reason‘s science editor Ron Bailey (“Pope Francis and Naomi Klein Both Hate Free Markets, Technological Progress, and Economic Growth,” Reason, June 29) refers to Naomi Klein as a “prominent hater of free markets,” adding that she also hates “technological progress and economic growth.” But based on my readings of both Klein and Bailey, I think…