ABSTRACT

In this classic study, the authors assess the importance of technological change and resource substitution in support of their conclusion that resource scarcity did not increase in the Unites States during the period 1870 to 1957. Originally published in 1963

chapter 1|13 pages

Scarcity and Growth: A Summary View

part 1|83 pages

The Doctrine of Increasing Natural Resource Scarcity

part II|49 pages

Growth and Increasing Scarcity without Progress

chapter 5|25 pages

Basic Scarcity Models

part III|84 pages

Resources in a Progressive World

part IV|34 pages

Welfare in a Progressive World

chapter 11|17 pages

Self-Generating Technological Change

chapter 12|15 pages

Natural Resources and the Quality of Life