Exponential growth Quote by Geoffrey West

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

— Anonymous

“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

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

— Kenneth Boulding

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

“Every society clings to a myth by which it lives. Ours is the myth of economic growth.”

— Tim Jackson

“While exponential growth is a remarkable manifestation of our extraordinary accomplishments as a species, built into it are the potential seeds of our demise…

— Geoffrey West

“Thinking ‘economistically’, as we have done now for thirty years, is not intrinsic to humans.”

— Tony Judt

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

— Bryant McGill

“the growth of the modern economy might turn out to be a colossal fraud.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“When growth becomes a supreme good, unrestricted by any other ethical considerations, it can easily lead to catastrophe.”

— Yuval Noah Harari