Economic Quote by 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 believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist

— David Attenborough

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

— E. F. Schumacher

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

— Kenneth Boulding

“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

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

— Andrew Simms

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

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

— Phil Harding

“An environment of infinite economic expansion is unsustainable in a world of finite resources.”

— Bryant McGill

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

Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.

— E. F. Schumacher

“Kenneth Boulding’s bon mot, ‘To believe that the economy can grow forever in a finite world, you have to be a madman or an…

— Wolfgang Sachs