The ultimate resource 2
By: Julian L. Simon.
Edition: Rev. ed. / with an appreciation by Milton Friedman.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 734
ISBN-13: 9780691003818
Subjects: Population.; Natural resources.; Economic policy.
Other titles: Ultimate resource two
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The ultimate resource by Julian L. Simon, published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1981.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [653]-690) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. TOWARD OUR BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE FUTURE: The amazing theory of raw-material scarcity; title: Why are material-technical resource forecasts so often wrong?; title: Can the supply of natural resources, especially energy, really be infinite? Yes!; title: The grand theory; title: Famine 1995? or 2025? or 1975?; title: What are the limits on food production?; title: The worldwide food situation now: shortage crises, glut crises, and government; title: Are we losing ground?; title: Two bogeymen: urban sprawl and soil erosion; title: Water, wood, wetlands; title: and what next?; title: When will we run out of oil? Never!; title: Today's energy issues; title: Nuclear power: tomorrow's greatest energy opportunity; title: A dying planet? how the media have scared the public; title: The peculiar theory of pollution; title: Whither the history of pollution?; title: Pollution today: specific trends & issues; title: Bad environmental and resource scares; title: Will our consumer wastes bury us?; title: Should we conserve resources for others' sakes? What kinds of resources need conservation?; title: Coercive recycling, forced conservation, and free-market alternatives; title: II. POPULATION GROWTH'S EFFECT UPON OUR RESOURCES AND LIVING STANDARDS: Standing room only? the demographic facts; title: What will future population growth be?; title: Do humans breed like flies? or like Norwegian rats?; title: Population growth and the stock of capital; title: Population's effects on technology and productivity; title: Economies of scope and education; title: Population growth, natural resources, and future generations; title: Population growth and land; title: Are people an environmental pollution?; title: Are humans causing species holocaust?; title: A greater population does not damage health, or psychological and social well-being; title: The big economic picture: population growth and living standards in MDCs; title: LDCs; title: III. BEYOND THE DATA: How the comparisons people make affect their beliefs about whether things are getting better or worse; title: The rhetoric of population control: does the end justify the means?; title: The reasoning behind the rhetoric; title: Ultimately, what are your values?; title: The key values.