Environment Quote by Kenneth Boulding

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad or an economist

— David Attenborough

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

— David Attenborough

“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

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

“the true wealth of this planet—its fascinating, big-hearted people.  ”

— Cap'n Fatty Goodlander

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

— Tim Jackson

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

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

— Bryant McGill

“planets and even galaxies, but in the meantime the modern economy has had to find a better method of expanding.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

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

— Tony Judt

“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