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- catalog abstract ""We are confident that the nature of the physical world permits continued improvement in humankind's economic lot in the long rung run, indefinitely. Of course there are always newly arising local problems, shortages and pollutions, due to climate or to increased population and income. Some times temporary large-scale problems arise. But the nature of the world's physical condition and the resilience in a well-functioning economic and social system enable us to overcome such problems, and the solutions usually leave us better off than if the problem had never arisen; that is the great lesson to be learned from human history. We are less optimistic, however, about the constraints currently imposed upon material progress by political and institutional forces, in conjunction with popularly-held beliefs and attitudes about natural resources and the environment ... trends point towards deterioration rather than towards improvement ..."--Introduction.".
- catalog alternative "Peter S. Thacher Environment Collection env".
- catalog contributor b522565.
- catalog contributor b522566.
- catalog contributor b522567.
- catalog contributor b522568.
- catalog created "1984.".
- catalog date "1984".
- catalog date "1984.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1984.".
- catalog description ""We are confident that the nature of the physical world permits continued improvement in humankind's economic lot in the long rung run, indefinitely. Of course there are always newly arising local problems, shortages and pollutions, due to climate or to increased population and income. Some times temporary large-scale problems arise. But the nature of the world's physical condition and the resilience in a well-functioning economic and social system enable us to overcome such problems, and the solutions usually leave us better off than if the problem had never arisen; that is the great lesson to be learned from human history. We are less optimistic, however, about the constraints currently imposed upon material progress by political and institutional forces, in conjunction with popularly-held beliefs and attitudes about natural resources and the environment ... trends point towards deterioration rather than towards improvement ..."--Introduction.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 585 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Resourceful earth.".
- catalog identifier "0631134670 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Resourceful earth.".
- catalog issued "1984".
- catalog issued "1984.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell,".
- catalog relation "Resourceful earth.".
- catalog subject "Economic forecasting.".
- catalog subject "Economic history 1971-1990.".
- catalog subject "GF41".
- catalog subject "HC59 .R445 1984".
- catalog subject "Natural resources.".
- catalog title "The Resourceful earth : a response to Global 2000 / edited by Julian L. Simon and Herman Kahn.".
- catalog type "text".