Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos

Author: Harding
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: The author focuses on the issue of population surplus in this book, discussing the concept of development that ignores a crucial fact: our planet has limited carrying capacity. Therefore, we should not hesitate to control population growth. He refutes the notion that good intentions and voluntary restraint are sufficient to address the problem, as personal gain at the expense of others leads to overgrazing in the common pastures of the village. Each herdsman wants to raise more livestock, and the consequences of overgrazing are borne by all herders.