Difference between revisions of "Austin Williams"
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He is the author of a book attacking advocates of sustainability, ''The Enemies of Progress: Dangers of sustainability'', published in May 2008 and standing in June 2010 at 343,203 in the Amazon.co.uk sales ranking. <ref>"[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enemies-Progress-Dangers-Sustainability-Societas/dp/1845400984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276275138&sr=8-1 Sales Ranking]", Amazon.co.uk website, accessed 11 June 2010</ref> | He is the author of a book attacking advocates of sustainability, ''The Enemies of Progress: Dangers of sustainability'', published in May 2008 and standing in June 2010 at 343,203 in the Amazon.co.uk sales ranking. <ref>"[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enemies-Progress-Dangers-Sustainability-Societas/dp/1845400984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276275138&sr=8-1 Sales Ranking]", Amazon.co.uk website, accessed 11 June 2010</ref> | ||
| + | [[File:Feldman and Marks on global warming.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Stanley Feldman]] and [[Vincent Marks]], ''Global Warming and other Bollocks: the truth about all those science scare stories'', 2009, including a chapter by [[Austin Williams]] of the [[LM network]]]] | ||
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| + | in 2009 he had a chapter, 'Unsustainable arguments', in ''Global Warming and other Bollocks: the truth about all those science scare stories'', edited by [[Stanley Feldman]] and [[Vincent Marks]]. Other authors in the book included [[Eamonn Butler]], director of the [[Adam Smith Institute]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:50, 8 March 2011
Austin Williams is a trained architect, organiser and writer associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. In particular, he has written for Living Marxism, led the Future Cities Project, ManTownHuman, Bookshop Barnies and the defunct Transport Research Group, participated in Audacity and in Institute of Ideas events, spoken at the Manchester Salon and the Battle of Ideas, adjudicated for Debating Matters, appeared on WORLDbytes and written for Spiked [1] and Culture Wars.
He is the author of a book attacking advocates of sustainability, The Enemies of Progress: Dangers of sustainability, published in May 2008 and standing in June 2010 at 343,203 in the Amazon.co.uk sales ranking. [2]
in 2009 he had a chapter, 'Unsustainable arguments', in Global Warming and other Bollocks: the truth about all those science scare stories, edited by Stanley Feldman and Vincent Marks. Other authors in the book included Eamonn Butler, director of the Adam Smith Institute.
Reference
- Profile, "Austin Williams", ManTownHuman website, accessed 29 Dec 2010
Notes
- ↑ "Articles by Austin Williams", Spiked website, accessed 2 May 2010
- ↑ "Sales Ranking", Amazon.co.uk website, accessed 11 June 2010
