"The Ultimate Resource 2" by Julian Simon

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This research will examine Julian Simon's The Ultimate Resource 2, a book dealing with the ecological conditions of humanity and nature prevailing on the planet. The plan of the research will be to set forth the general pattern of ideas contained in the work and then focus on Simon's views of three issues in particular: population, pollution, and natural-resources capacity.

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"This research will examine Julian Simon's The Ultimate Resource 2, a book dealing with the ecological conditions of humanity and nature prevailing on the planet. The plan of the research will be to set forth the general pattern of ideas contained in the work and then focus on Simon's views of three issues in particular: population, pollution, and natural-resources capacity.


Simon's argument in general is that the full range of environmental/ecology issues and the advocates they rode in on are pretty much a sham. His position is that the world is not overpopulated, that it is not in danger from pollution, and that there is not a finite supply of consumable natural resources, including energy resources. Simon gives expression to the view that economics should be separated from the political arena where..."

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