Chapter 9b - Population and Resources: The Optimistic View
Optimistic views on population growth can be seen in the work of Ester Boserup, who famously suggested that population pressure on food would lead to innovation. The economist Julian Simon also suggests that market forces and pressure on resources would lead to innovation that would resolve resource depletion. Today, Bjorn Lomborg is an outspoken critic of environmental doom mongering and identifies good governance...