02570nam a2200337Ia 4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020001500069020001800084050002100102050000900123245009800132260005800230300003100288504004000319520096400359650002601323650003301349650002301382650003801405650003901443650003201482650002701514650003101541650002501572650002301597650003401620653002801654856027501682856027501957000001226320251012174735.0  840711s1984    enka     b    001 0 eng  a0631134670  a978063113467100aHC59b.R445 198414aGF4104aThe Resourceful earthba response to Global 2000cedited by Julian L. Simon and Herman Kahn.   aOxford, OX ;aNew York, NY, USAbB. Blackwellc1984.   aviii, 585 p.bill.c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographies and index. 8 a"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. 0aEconomic forecasting. 0aEconomic historyy1971-1990. 0aNatural resources. 4aCiencias socialesxMetodologâia 6aHistoire âeconomiquey1971-1990. 6aPrâevision âeconomique. 6aRessources naturelles.17aEconomische aspecten.2gtt17aEnergiebronnen.2gtt17aMilieubeheer.2gtt17aNatuurlijke hulpbronnen.2gtt  aEnvironment - Forecasts4 iInput this URL in a browser to get HTML More Info data.qHTMLuhttp://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0631134670&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=f7ee1de32702c50e25281e77801a20e3d165af7cda6500ed58153f03118abdfa&ectype=M OREINFO3More Info4 iInput this URL in a browser to get HTML More Info data.qHTMLuhttp://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0631134670&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=f7ee1de32702c50e25281e77801a20e3d165af7cda6500ed58153f03118abdfa&ectype=M OREINFO3More Info