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I believe an eminent economist named Thomas Malthus said the same thing almost 200 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusian_catastrophe http://en.wiki
by drubio 17y ago
I believe an eminent economist named Thomas Malthus said the same thing almost 200 years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusian_catastrophe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusian_catastrophe
Nothing has run out yet, we're all still here
- CWuestefeld 17y agoAnd Paul Ehrlich, a sort-of disciple of Malthus, made a famous wager that prices of several metals would rise due to increasing scarcity over the 1980-1990 period. Guess what: the prices fell, because consumers of such stuff constantly find substitute goods and processes. See full article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon-Ehrlich_wager http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon-Ehrlich_wager