Consumption Quote by E. F. Schumacher

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

— Kenneth Boulding

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

— E. F. Schumacher

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

Economics and a reliance on science and technology to solve our problems has led to an unsustainable situation where continued growth in consumption is…

— David Suzuki

“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

The promoters of the global economy...see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world.

— Wendell Berry

The level of consumption that we identify with success is utterly unsustainable. We're gobbling up the world.

— John Robbins

I feel humiliated that I live in a country that demands more already. Why do we cling to the notion that not only must…

— David Suzuki

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

— Bryant McGill