Which animals should a modern-day Noah put in his ark?
An economic interpretation of a biblical tale
“Of fowls after their kind,” the Lord said to Noah, “and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the Earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee.” Co-operation from the animal kingdom helped make the biblical patriarch history’s greatest conservationist, saving every land-based animal, including humans, from a wave of divine extinction.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Noah’s Ark, round two”
Finance & economics August 26th 2023
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