The Ultimate Resource Argues in Favor of Population Growth
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Science, Economics, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Demographics, Population
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: New Jersey
- Date: 1981
Article abstract: A prominent economist offered facts and figures to support his controversial thesis that the world’s population explosion would improve rather than degrade the quality of human life.
Summary of Event
When Julian Simon published The Ultimate Resource in 1981, he was expressing a minority opinion that to many seemed perverse, if not insane. For years, people had been warned in books, articles, speeches, lectures, and in television documentaries that the world’s mushrooming population was threatening the quality of human life...
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