The ultimate resource /
Presents a strong counterargument to those arguing for limits on population growth and the using up of natural resources and food. Human resources driving the discovery of new natural resources are the core of Simon's expansionist theories. This book and those by Herman Kahn are important to ha...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c1981.
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| Онлайн хандалт: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8595656 |
Агуулга:
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction. What Are the Real Population and Resource Problems?
- Part One: Toward Our Beautiful Resource Future
- Chapter 1. The Amazing Theory of Raw-Material Scarcity
- Afternote . The ""True"" Cost (Price) of Natural Resources
- Chapter 2. Do Technological Forecasts and Economic Forecasts Necessarily Contradict Each Other?
- Chapter 3. Can the Supply of Natural Resources Really Be Infinite? Yes!
- Afternote 1. A Dialogue on ""Finite
- Afternote 2. The ""Law"" of Diminishing Returns
- Chapter 4. Famine 1985? Or 1995? Or 1975?
- Chapter 5. Food in the 1970s: From Shortage-Crisis to Glut-Crisis
- Chapter 6. Are We Losing Ground?
- Chapter 7. When Will We Run Out of Energy? Never!
- Chapter 8. Today's Energy Issues
- Chapter 9. More Pollution? Or Less?
- Chapter 10. Should We Conserve Resources for Others' Sakes? What Kinds of Resources Need Conservation?
- Part Two: Population Growth's Effect Upon Our Resources And Living Standard
- Chapter 11. Standing Room Only? The Demographic Facts
- Chapter 12. Do Humans Breed Like Flies? Or Like Norwegian Rats?
- Chapter 13. Population Growth and the Stock of Capital
- Afternote. A Parable of Population Growth, Racquetball, and Squash
- Chapter 14. Population's Effects on Technology, Productivity, and Education
- Afternote. On the Importance and Origins of Productive Knowledge
- Chapter 15. Population Growth, Natural Resources, Future Generations, and International Rape
- Chapter 16. Population Growth and Land
- Chapter 17. Are People an Environmental Pollution?
- Chapter 18. Population Density Does Not Damage Health, or Psychological and Social Well- Being
- Chapter 19. The Big Economic Picture: Population Growth and Living Standards in MDCs
- Afternote. HOW Immigrants Affect Our Standard of Living
- Chapter 20. The Big Picture II. LDCs
- Afternote. The Limits to Growth
- Part Three: Beyond The Data
- Chapter 21. The Politics and Finances of Population Control
- Chapter 22. The Rhetoric of Population Control: Does the End Justify the Means?
- Afternote. Planned Parenthood's Rhetoric
- Chapter 23. Ultimately
- What Are Your Values?
- Conclusion. The Ultimate Resource
- Appendix
- Notes
- Source Notes /or Figures
- References
- Index