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Are there ecological limits to economic growth?

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Short of the heat death of the universe, the ecology contains no inherent limits, especially for future species. read more

So there are clearly biophysical limits to economic growth. More importantly, we need to recognise that there is an economic limit to growth. I say ‘more importantly’ because the economic limit to growth (i.e., the point where the marginal costs of growth exceed the marginal benefits) is arrived at well before the biophysical limits to growth are reached and because growth beyond the economy’s optimal scale reduces a nation’s well-being. read more

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