Believe Quote by David Attenborough

“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.”

— Kenneth Boulding

Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth on a planet with finite resources is either a madman or an economist.

— David Attenborough

Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.

— Anonymous

Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist.

— E. F. Schumacher

Economic growth won't feed a growing population living on this finite planet

— Phil Harding

Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived…

— George Monbiot

“The late maverick economist Kenneth Boulding perhaps best summed it up when testifying before the U.S. Congress, declaring that “anyone who believes exponential growth…

— Geoffrey West

Economic growth is the aggregate effect of the quest to accumulate capital and extract profit. Capitalism collapses without growth, yet perpetual growth on a…

— George Monbiot

I do not believe you can have infinite population or economic growth in a finite world. We are living on the shoulders of some…

— Richard Lamm

Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growth in a world of finite resources.

— Andrew Simms

“..the planet is just too small for these developing countries to repeat the economic growth in the same way that the rich countries have…

— Mario Molina

The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema…

— Tim Jackson