The Limits to Growth — 50 Years Ago and Today

Abstract The Limits to Growth was published 50 years ago. Ordered by the Club of Rome, the study was a milestone in the analysis of the economic, demographic, technical and ecological effects of the existing economic system. In industrialised Western countries in particular, the critical examination...

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Main Authors: Thomas Döring, Birgit Aigner-Walder
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2022-06-01
Series:Intereconomics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-022-1046-5
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