The One Resource That Is Not Finite

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i think it's an illusion to think, i don't think the goal should be zero growth. It might even be negative growth, depending on what your values are and what you think is to be cared about. What is a resource is not easily defined. Some of the things that we call nothing to day might become resources. The one resource that is not finite is our creativity. And whether that could overcome those shortcome those finiteness of those hat's hard to say.

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.