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My guest today is Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg.

In 2001, he burst onto the international scene with his best-selling and controversial book, The Skeptical Environmentalist.

The one-time member of Greenpeace said that climate change is real and that human activity is clearly contributing to it,

but he also said the best science didn't

support the apocalyptic visions being put forth by people like Earth and the Balance author

and former Vice President Al Gore, who would go on to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his work

in climate apocalypticism.

Bjorn went on to create the Copenhagen Consensus, a think tank that applies cost-benefit

analysis to problems facing the global poor, and that works with Nobel laureates, policymakers,

philanthropists, and researchers to develop pragmatic, relatively low-cost solutions to

issues such as tuberculosis,

malaria, lack of education, and lack of access to cheap and nutritious food.

Bjorn's new book is called Best Things First, and it represents what he says are the 12

most efficient solutions for the world's poorest people.

He argues that for about $35 billion a year, that's only a little bit more than half of what

the U.S. spends annually on humanitarian aid.

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