Author(s): Julian Simon
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages: 778
Binding: Paperback
Simon skewers the sacred cows of environmentalism and population control. In the contest between resource scarcity and human ingenuity, Simon bets the farm on the ability of intelligent people to overcome their problems. He lays out convincing empirical evidence for his prediction of a prosperous future. The key to progress is not state-run conservation programs, he says, but economic and political freedom. Only then can talented minds properly apply themselves to our earthly dilemmas.