The Ultimate Resource
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2023
418 pages
978-0-691-26120-1 (ISBN)
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Julian Lincoln Simon
The Ultimate Resource
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01/1983
Princeton University Press
€24.76
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Julian Lincoln Simon
The Ultimate Resource
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08/1981
Princeton University Press
€24.76
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Julian Lincoln Simon (1932-1998) was professor of economics and business administration at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His books include The Economics of Population Growth (Princeton).
Content
- 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
