Merchants of Doubt

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Bloomsbury presents Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway, read by Liza Seneca.

Featuring a new Foreword by former Vice President Al Gore

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

"Important and timely. We ignore this message at our peril."—Elizabeth Kolbert

Merchants of Doubt has been praised—and attacked—around the world, for reasons easy to understand. This book tells, with “brutal clarity” (Huffington Post), the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. The same individuals who claim the science of global warming is “not settled” have also denied the truth about studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. “Doubt is our product,” wrote one tobacco executive. These “experts” supplied it. Merchants of Doubt rolls back the rug on this dark corner of American science. Now with a new Foreword by former Vice President Al Gore, and with a new Postscript by the authors.

Critics Review

Anyone concerned about the state of democracy in America should read this book.
Former Vice President Al Gore, author of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
A fascinating account of a very thorny problem.
Bill McKibben, author of EAARTH: MAKING A LIFE ON A TOUGH NEW PLANET
Merchants of Doubt should finally put to rest the question of whether the science of climate change is settled. It is, and we ignore this message at our peril.
Elizabeth Kolbert, author of THE SIXTH EXTINCTION and FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE
If you read just one book on climate change this year, read Merchants of Doubt. And if you have time to read two, reread Merchants of Doubt.
Grist
Brilliantly reported and written with brutal clarity . . . Oreskes and Conway do a great public service.
The Huffington Post
A powerful dissection of how right wing think tanks and private corporations sow doubt on scientific consensus to block action on critical climate and public health issues.
Tom Steyer, via Twitter
An important book . . . The next time a friend or Fox News commentator or political candidate assaults you with the claim that 'climate change isn't happening' or 'isn't caused by human activities,' you will recognize the source of their colossal misunderstanding.
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
It is tempting to require that all those engaged in the business of conveying scientific information to the general public should read it.
Science

User Reviews

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Fascinating and comprehensive account of how disinformation shapes the public debate. It took me a while to get into it and learn who the key players were. However, by the end, I really appreciated the authors' attention to detail.
I also recommend the comedy podcast 'climate deniers playbook' and Mike Mann's book 'the new climate war.'
MrVeryScary 31/07/2025

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