CAPITALISM: GROWTH, GREED AND COLLAPSE
- Lindsey Grant
- October 29, 2013
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by Lindsey Grant
“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”
– Economist Kenneth Boulding, 1977
If there were one message I could imprint on the American mind, it would be this: Perpetual physical growth is impossible on a finite planet…. the question inescapably becomes, not should human growth stop? but when? How should it stop? by conscious efforts to limit fertility, or by rising mortality?… The distinguishing characteristic of this century is that growth has reached the point at which this choice has become an immediate issue. (Juggernaut: Growth on a Finite Planet, 1996)
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