ISBN1952223393 (hardcover)
9781952223396 (hardcover)
数量xvii, 547 pages : ; 24 cm.
寄与者Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley.
一般注記Part one: Thanos's deadly idea: From antiquity to the present and beyond -- Are we in the midst of progress, or are we facing the apocalypse? -- Thanos's intellectual and practical progenitors -- Julian Simon and the bet that made him famous -- Part two: Measuring abundance: New methodology, empirical evidence, and in-depth analysis -- Introduction to the Simon abundance framework -- Personal resource abundance : Empirical evidence and analysis -- Population resource abundance: Methodology, evidence, and analysis -- Part three: Human flourishing and its enemies -- Humanity's 7-million-year journey from the African rainforest to the industrial revolution -- The age of innovation and the great enrichment -- Where do innovations come from? The crucial roles played by population growth and freedom -- The enemies of progress from the romantics to the extreme environmentalists -- Conclusion.