2000 Report 1. Humankind's ability to restore imbalances in the ecosystem increases 4. Long-run trend is toward less scarcity and lower prices 6. Structure property rights , pricing systems etc. Meet growing needs at a reasonable cost indefinitely 14.
More people means more problem solvers.
Pollution can be ameliorated by technological changes that spontaneously make production cleaner as economies grow. The only obstacle is misquided government intervention. Public ownership of land is highly problematic . Private owners are disciplined by the market in a way that public land managers and interest groups are not. Private owners have to be sensitive to the costs of their actions and they will not engage in destructive or inefficient uses of the resources they control.