Thanos Was Wrong: More People Means More Wealth
Superabundance explains why a world of 8 billion people is infinitely richer than one with 1 billion.
Superabundance explains why a world of 8 billion people is infinitely richer than one with 1 billion.
Discredited 18th-century economist Thomas Malthus still haunts the environmental debate.
Malthusian predictions of global famines keep receding.
Yet another limit to growth recedes into the distance
Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!
World grain production grew by 3 percent this year, while world population rose just 1.2 percent.
Neo-Malthusianism in the Sunday New York Times
Economic growth and environmental renewal go hand-in-hand
Economic growth and environmental renewal go hand-in-hand.
Malthusianism might make a good movie plot, but it is just fiction.
Malthusians are never right and never win.
Neo-Malthusians still get it wrong: Markets and science will feed 9 billion if not blocked.
Neo-Malthusians again predict doom to celebrate Earth Day 45
"Decoupling" human economy from ecology could render large areas of pastures, croplands, and managed forests too remote for exploitation.
A review of Love Your Monsters, a collection of essays on a new kind of environmentalism.
Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus?
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