You’ve basically just described the conceptual idea behind what economists call the “environmental kuznets curve”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curv

You’ve basically just described the conceptual idea behind what economists call the “environmental kuznets curve”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve#Environmental_Kuznets_curve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuznets_curve#Environmental_...