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Gag-Ordered No More: The 800-Pound Gorilla in the U.S. Government

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Gag-Ordered No More: The 800-Pound Gorilla in the U.S. Government
Gag-Ordered No More: The 800-Pound Gorilla in the U.S. Government

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Gag-Ordered No More: The 800-Pound Gorilla in the U.S. Government

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Brian Czech was the first Conservation Biologist in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He brought to headquarters a mix of hard-earned common sense and well-rounded scholarly achievement. By then, mid-career, his specialty was the conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation. Czech's expertise was welcomed, until it threatened the win-win rhetoric that "there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment." Before long, Czech received his first gag order, prohibiting him from speaking or writing about the conflict between growth and conservation. Economic growth became the "800-pound gorilla" on the conservation policy table. In this no-holds-barred memoir, readers discover how far a politically weak-kneed bureaucracy will go to suppress the truth about limits to growth. Czech calls out "chiefs" who issued gag orders or helped enforce them. He elucidates events like the infamous "(Jimmy) Carter incident" at the National Conservation Training Center. And, he identifies policies that suffered the crippling effects of censorship. Gag-Ordered No More is a fascinating account of one man's efforts to speak truth to power, advance the principles of ecological economics, and lead the U.S. government into the 21st century of limits to growth.

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