This controversial and counterintuitive new book examines why population growth and freedom to innovate make Earth's resources more, not less, abundant.
This controversial and counterintuitive new book examines why population growth and freedom to innovate make Earth's resources more, not less, abundant.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
By Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley - Foreword by George Gilder
Inhaltsangabe
contents Foreword by George Gilder Introduction part one Thanos's deadly idea: from antiquity to the present and beyond Chapter 1: Are we in the midst of progress, or are we facing the apocalypse? Chapter 2: Thanos's intellectual and practical progenitors Chapter 3: Julian Simon and the bet that made him famous part two Measuring abundance: new methodology, empirical evidence, and in-depth analysis Chapter 4: Introduction to the Simon Abundance Framework Chapter 5: Personal resource abundance: empirical evidence and analysis Chapter 6: Population resource abundance: methodology, evidence, and analysis part three Human flourishing and its enemies Chapter 7: Humanity's 7-million-year journey from the African rainforest to the Industrial Revolution Chapter 8: The Age of Innovation and the Great Enrichment Chapter 9: Where do innovations come from? The crucial roles played by population growth and freedom Chapter 10: The enemies of progress from the Romantics to the extreme environmentalists Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendixes Notes Index About the Authors
contents Foreword by George Gilder Introduction part one Thanos's deadly idea: from antiquity to the present and beyond Chapter 1: Are we in the midst of progress, or are we facing the apocalypse? Chapter 2: Thanos's intellectual and practical progenitors Chapter 3: Julian Simon and the bet that made him famous part two Measuring abundance: new methodology, empirical evidence, and in-depth analysis Chapter 4: Introduction to the Simon Abundance Framework Chapter 5: Personal resource abundance: empirical evidence and analysis Chapter 6: Population resource abundance: methodology, evidence, and analysis part three Human flourishing and its enemies Chapter 7: Humanity's 7-million-year journey from the African rainforest to the Industrial Revolution Chapter 8: The Age of Innovation and the Great Enrichment Chapter 9: Where do innovations come from? The crucial roles played by population growth and freedom Chapter 10: The enemies of progress from the Romantics to the extreme environmentalists Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendixes Notes Index About the Authors
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