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Limits to Growth

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Description

Limits to Growth was a seminal work from the 70s.

  • Why do people dismiss it?
  • IIRC (need to dig out reference) actually pretty accurate on main points
  • I remember some JEL piece about how we'd always dealt with resource scarcity before (boy crying wolf attitude)

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Start by researching The Limits to Growth and locating the referenced JEL piece. Define the scope and supporting sources for explaining why the work is dismissed and whether its main points were accurate; the issue is done when that research has been turned into a clearly sourced contribution.

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Assessment

Domain
content
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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