Is There a Time When the Constraint Will Kick In?

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In 19 73 people said, the amount of oln in the world is finite. We're going to run out soon. They picked a date, actually, i loved this. If we don't do something about were can have chaos, crises, a famine, riots in the streets. And you could say, well, that was then. Eventually, there will be a time when when that constraint will kick in. A's the part i want to concede might be truethe reason, the reason i i i am, i think one should be.

Of all the scenarios that keep astrophysicist Sandra Faber up at night, it's not the Earth's increasing volcanism, the loss of photosynthesis, or even the impact of a massive asteroid. Rather, it's the collapse she's certain will result from the unbridled growth of the world's economies. Join Faber and EconTalk host Russ Roberts as they explore what the most inexorable law of physics has to do with economics and whether the world's growing economies pose a problem or provide the solution for the finiteness of planet Earth.