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Beyond the Inflection Point
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Is there a limit to economic growth? Being that it sold twelve million copies and was translated into dozens of languages, the Club of Romes Limits to Growth study of 1972 was obviously well received by the general public. However, it was dismantled by prominent economists such as Noble laureates Paul Samuelson and Robert Solow, as well as former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. Given this dismantlement, the following question can be asked: if a study is flawed in its methodology, does that mean its basic thesis is invalid? Not necessarily. Beyond the Inflection Point: An Economic Defense of the Limits-to-Growth Theory strives to do what the Club of Rome study could not: defend the limits-to-growth theory in a way that can withstand scrutiny by the most skeptical mainstream economist. Though its arguments are steeped in the dismal science, the book was written with the assumption that the reader has no prior knowledge of economics, making it far more accessible than one might expect. More important than its accessibility is the works thoroughness, objectivity, and creativity in defending the limits- to- growth theory. It is a theory whose validity is consistent with the broad trend of slowing economic growth that has already surfaced in the industrial world. By the year 2100 that trend will have become worldwide, by which time the global economy will have moved Beyond the Inflection Point.