02637nam a2200361Ia 4500 0000012263 20251012174735.0 840711s1984 enka b 001 0 eng 0631134670 9780631134671 HC59 .R445 1984 GF41 333.7 19 The Resourceful earth a response to Global 2000 edited by Julian L. Simon and Herman Kahn. Oxford, OX ; New York, NY, USA B. Blackwell 1984. viii, 585 p. ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographies and index. "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. Economic forecasting. Economic history 1971-1990. Natural resources. Ciencias sociales Metodologâia Histoire âeconomique 1971-1990. Prâevision âeconomique. Ressources naturelles. Economische aspecten. gtt Energiebronnen. gtt Milieubeheer. gtt Natuurlijke hulpbronnen. gtt Environment - Forecasts Input this URL in a browser to get HTML More Info data. HTML http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0631134670&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=f7ee1de32702c50e25281e77801a20e3d165af7cda6500ed58153f03118abdfa&ectype=M OREINFO More Info Input this URL in a browser to get HTML More Info data. HTML http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=0631134670&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=f7ee1de32702c50e25281e77801a20e3d165af7cda6500ed58153f03118abdfa&ectype=M OREINFO More Info 9768 9768 0 0 0 0 KEM KEM 2012-12-07 0 0000005756 2025-10-12 08:35:23 2025-10-12 OS