Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Population growth and freedom to innovate make Earth's resources more, not less, abundant
Resources became more abundant as the population grew
Resource abundance increased faster than the population
On average, every additional human being created more value than they consumed
This relationship between population growth and abundance is deeply counterintuitive, yet it is true
Superabundance is a powerful reminder that we are immeasurably better off than our ancestors
In this day of pestilence, war, and climate change, we need that reminder, and we can hope that the doom-mongers will be wrong about the future just as they have always been wrong in the past.
Superabundance is a must-read for anyone who cares about the fate of humankind and our bountiful, beautiful planet
Tupy and Pooley show that the ultimate resource remains human ingenuity
The decline of poverty and famine and disease and violence over the past few decades has been spectacular, and there is every reason to think it can continue
https://www.cato.org/books/superabundance
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