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Limits to growth concepts in classical economics revised. The team behind it, led by dennis meadows, found that continuing with a business as usual growth model would likely lead to environmental and economic collapse within a century. Commissioned by the club of rome, an international group of businessmen, states men, and scientists, the limits to growth was compiled by a team of experts from the u. Like the multinational companies it frequently clashes with, greenpeace, the noisiest of all environmental campaign groups, has a constant struggle to stimulate demand for. The 30year update kindle edition by meadows, donella h. The limits to growth computation and the human predicament, in the mayjune issue of american scientist, discusses the world3 computer model, introduced in the 1972 book the limits to growth.
Recorded october 14th in vancouver, bc production notes. A clip from the documentary earth days 2009 in which dennis meadows explains exponential growth, overshoot and collapse of society from the 1972 studybook the limits to growth. The authors explain within the confines of their statistical model exactly what needs. The 30year update is a long anticipated revival of some of the original voices in the growing chorus of sustainability.
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