Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet (63 page)

Foran, Barney, 290

Ford, Gerald, 204

Ford, Henry, 177

Foreign investment, 65–66, 92, 93, 101, 109, 116, 118, 132, 168, 240, 252–253, 275

Forrester, Jay, 56–58, 258

Fossil fuel industries, 11, 13, 23, 69, 85, 115, 146, 192, 197, 205–206, 208, 211, 216–217, 221, 225–226, 228, 233–234, 238, 262.
See also
Coal; Gas; Oil

Fossil fuels, historical transition to, 7, 18, 20–21, 29

Foster, John Bellamy, 36–37

Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), 183, 197

Four freedoms, 85, 178

Fractional reserve banking, 282, 289

Freedom of contract.
See
Economic freedom

Freedom from want, 81, 85.
See also
Declaration of Human Rights; Four freedoms

Free enterprise.
See
Private enterprise

Free market.
See
Free trade; Market economy

Free Market Fundamentalism.
See
Neoliberalism

Free trade, 29–30, 93, 98–99, 101, 107, 112–115, 124, 126, 128, 155–156, 161, 168, 197, 239, 246–250, 252–253, 257, 278, 282, 303n22

protectionism by rich countries, 114–115

Freud, Sigmund, 76

Frieden, Jeffry, 96

Friedman, Milton, 67, 81, 89–90, 96, 143, 190, 199–200, 202

Friedman, Thomas, 98–99, 198, 251

Front groups, 206–207

Frontiers of Freedom, 208, 209

G7.
See
G8

G8, 244, 246

G20, 117, 244–246, 254

Galbraith, John Kenneth, vii, 74–75, 280

Garnaut, Ross, 102

Gas, 11, 24, 62, 94, 259–264

GDP, xxiii, 8, 26, 33, 37, 111, 114, 121, 130–131, 157, 184, 203, 212, 240, 244, 248–249, 251, 269, 274, 291, 296n2

problems of, 158–160

Gelbspan, Ross, 223

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
See
WTO

General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
See
WTO

Global Environmental Outlook (GEO) reports.
See
UNEP

George, Susan, 118

George C. Marshall Institute, 206, 208, 219, 223, 230, 235

Georgescu-Røegen, Nicholas, 22, 24, 34

Ghandi, Indira, 138

Gilding, Paul, 15, 289

Gillard government, xxv, 219, 226

Gillette, Robert, 52

Global Climate Coalition, 208

Globalization, 68, 85, 98–100, 102, 112–115, 122, 124, 154, 156–157, 168, 239, 241, 250, 276

Global middle class, 100–102, 106, 113, 123–124, 132, 148–149

Global warming, 85, 101, 141, 146, 205, 206, 222, 227, 234, 263, 279.
See also
Denial

alleged debate, 227, 237

delaying action, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 219, 223, 224, 226, 228, 233

scientific consensus on, 215, 218, 227, 232, 235–237

Goebbels, Joseph, 226

Goldman, Michael, 139

Goldston, David, 212

Goodman, Amy, 153–154

Gramm, Phil, 200

Great Depression, 8, 70, 72–73, 80, 87–88, 90, 92–93, 95–96, 98, 166, 168, 173, 182, 184

Greater good, 138–139, 142–144, 174, 177.
See also
Common good

Greed.
See
Self–interest

Green, Mark, 187, 202

Green GDP, 158–159

Greenhouse gas emissions, 19, 24, 48, 55, 84–85, 101, 115, 153, 156–157, 205, 214, 215–216, 218, 220–221, 223–226, 233–234, 263–264, 266–267, 269, 271, 273, 281

Greenhouse mafia.
See
Australian Industry Greenhouse Network

Green Revolution, 11, 45, 46–47, 50, 147

Greenwashing, 206

Growth.
See also
Economic growth

exponential (compound), 7–8, 18, 25–26, 33, 35, 43, 59, 102–103, 259–261, 264, 267

Grubb, Michael, 128–129

Hall, Charles, 267–268

Hamilton, Clive, 78, 211, 289

Hansen, Alvin, 181

Hansen, James, 205, 222

Hardin, Garrett, 47–50, 62, 103

Harding, Warren G., 172

Harmer, Wendy, 77

Harris, Nigel, 112

Harris, Ralph, 89, 98, 200–201, 233

Harvey, David, 292

Hawke-Keating government, 204, 241

Hayek, Friedrich von, 81, 88–90, 93, 96–98, 189, 192, 196, 199–200, 202

Heartland Institute, 192, 208, 312n10

Heritage Foundation, 89, 97–98, 191–193, 201, 207, 214–217, 306n16, 315n95

Herrick, Charles, 231

Hill and Knowlton.
See
Public relations

Hobsbawm, Eric, 68

Hofer, Ernest, 88, 202

Hoffman, Paul, 181

Holdren, John, 23, 37, 269

Hong Kong, 124, 305n62

Hoover, Herbert, 72, 184

Hoover Institution, 98, 192–193, 315n95

Hormones in food production, 30, 216, 249–250

Horrocks, Peter, 236

Howard, Roy, 172

Howard-Costello government.
See
Howard government

Howard government, 198, 223–225, 237, 241, 317n66, 319n119

Hubbert, M. King, 93

Huesemann, Michael, 267, 270, 286

Humphrys, John, 198, 217

Hunger, 55, 129, 142, 150–152, 277

Hunnicutt, Benjamin, 71

I=PAT, 37, 269

Ideology, xix, 17, 20–21, 40, 49, 54, 112, 161, 165, 181, 183, 184, 199, 246, 252, 278, 279

as common sense, xviii, 162, 211, 216, 227, 230

naturalizing human institutions, xviii, xx, 20–21, 37, 68, 80, 86–87, 107, 109, 165, 187–188, 196, 280

IMF, 33, 62, 78, 112, 114, 116–117, 123, 126, 127, 130, 239–242, 244, 245, 246, 276, 282

India, 4, 12, 13, 19, 34, 46, 48, 50, 60, 84, 101, 114–115, 122, 124, 133, 135–142, 144, 146, 149, 151, 154–155, 157, 160–161, 228, 239, 244, 251, 281

Individualism, 27–30, 47, 49, 66, 69, 80–81, 83, 86, 89–90, 174, 175, 179, 182, 193–194, 197

Indonesia, 34, 110, 225, 308n60

Industrialization, 19, 41–42, 43, 44, 50, 51, 54, 60, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 77, 79, 87, 107–108, 110, 111–113, 123–124, 127, 135–139, 143–145, 148, 149, 154, 155–157, 159, 161, 229, 233, 246, 265, 269, 274, 279, 281.
See also
Technological advance

Industry associations, 206, 211, 216, 224–225

Inequality.
See
Concentration of wealth

Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), 89, 96, 98, 195–7, 200–201, 233

Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), 195–196, 199, 237

Intellectual property rights, 129, 132

International Energy Agency (IEA), 23, 263

IPCC, 38, 205, 208, 215, 218, 223, 224, 231–232, 237, 238

Iran, 91, 92, 245

Iron triangle.
See
Revolving door

Jacobs, Michael, 226

Jacoby, Neil, 59

Jackson, Tim, 268–270, 285, 288, 291

Jamieson, Dale, 231

Japan, 67, 103, 111, 115, 143, 168, 184, 198, 242, 244, 245, 249

Jastrow, Robert, 219

Java garden, 146–147

Jeffords, Jim, 218

Jevons, William Stanley, 82

Jevons paradox, 267–269

Jobs, 70, 85, 88, 101, 111, 138, 140, 145, 152, 156, 161, 166, 177, 190, 224

Joint Council on Economic Education.
See
Think tanks

Joseph, Keith, 96–98

Joyce, T. F., 180

Kahn, Herman, 218

Kaysen, Carl, 30–31, 59, 258

Keavney, Jack, 201

Keen, Steve, 73

Kellogg, 70

Kelly, Petra, 243

Kempf, Hervé, 154, 287

Kennedy, Robert F. Jr., 48

Kerogen.
See
Oil, kerogen

Kettering, Charles, 72

Keynes, John Maynard, 27, 89, 90, 92, 94, 181

King, Alexander, 51

King, Sir David, 217

Klein, Naomi, 79

Kneese, Alan, 57

Koch brothers, 192–193, 207, 315n95

Koehler, John, 53

Krakauer, John, 234

Kristol, Irving, 198

Krueger, Anne, 123

Kuznets, Simon, 158

Kyoto conference, 130, 208, 214–216, 223, 224, 225, 228, 237, 317n66, 318n74

Labor rights, labor movement.
See
Unions

La Follette committee, 177

Laissez-faire.
See
Economic freedom

Lamoreaux, Naomi, 168

Landesa Rural Development Institute, 136, 306n3

Land reform, 34, 36, 45, 47, 129, 144, 152

Lapham, Lewis, 192, 217

Lappé, Frances, 152

Latouche, Serge, 287

Le Bon, Gustave, 76, 169

Leach, William, 69

Lebow, Victor, 75

Lee, Ivy.
See
Public relations

Lewis, W. Arthur, 108–109, 111, 144, 161, 166

Li, Minqi, 277

Liebig, Justus von, 9–10

Li Keqiang, 150

Limits to growth, 15, 17, 25, 33, 34, 39, 41, 42, 127, 189, 213–214, 272

Limits to Growth, The
, 18, 25, 35, 38–39, 42, 45, 51–62, 185, 188, 189, 213, 232, 257–268, 270, 278, 280.
See also
Ridicule as critique

Lindsay, Greg, 197, 199, 200

Link, Henry, 179

Lippmann, Walter, 171, 175, 236

Lobbyists, 169, 202–203, 208, 211, 215, 223–224, 242, 247, 248, 254

Lomborg, Bjørn, 218

Long-term perspective, 51, 58, 94, 275

Luntz, Frank, 227–228, 232

MacFarlane, Ian, 17–18, 19

Maddox, John, 53

Maier, Charles, 184

Malthus, Thomas, 41–43, 47, 49, 56, 62

Malthusianism, 24, 41, 43, 45, 47, 50, 53–54, 57

Mandel, Stephen, 116

Mander, Jerry, 246

Manhattan Institute, 89, 192, 196, 219, 312n9

Mankiewicz, Frank, 235

Marchand, Roland, 178

Marcos, Ferdinand, 116

Marcuse, Herbert, 77, 190

Market economy, 24, 27, 29–30, 37, 39–40, 46, 58, 67, 72, 79–83, 85–90, 93–94, 96–100, 106, 111, 127–128, 130, 133, 135, 143, 149–152, 158, 167, 179, 187–189, 196–198, 205, 207, 233, 248, 257, 274–275, 282–283, 289

advocates of, 212–217, 219, 224, 233, 236, 239, 259, 280

allocation by, 1, 27, 39, 58, 80–81, 83, 86, 167, 277, 285, 289, 291

coercive institutions of, 62, 112, 117, 132, 209–210, 232, 240–241, 246, 250, 252, 253 (
see also
Structural adjustment programs; WTO, dispute panels)

failure of, 85, 241, 263

invisible hand of, 80, 88, 167

Marshall plan, 118, 184, 242

Marx, Karl, 3, 5, 9–12, 44, 54, 77, 169, 292

Marxists, 34, 36, 45, 54–55

May, Lord Robert, 36

McCright, Aaron, 212, 232

McGinnis, Robert, 53

McKibben, Bill, 259

McLaughlin, Kathleen, 137

McNeill, John, 20, 262

Meadows, Dennis, 51, 55, 60, 62, 255, 259–260, 261, 264–265, 274, 278

Meadows, Donella, 51, 55, 60, 62, 255, 259–260, 264–265, 274, 278

Megacities.
See
Urbanization

Mekong River, 140

Mercatus Center, 207

Metabolic rift, 3, 9–13, 44, 54

Mexico, 36–37, 117, 228, 241–242, 244, 249, 305n62

Michaels, Patrick, 208, 223

Michaux, Simon, 289

Middleton, Neil, 128–129, 154

Milios, John, 275

Mill, John Stuart, 27, 70, 181

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 102, 120, 150–151, 152, 277

Millikan, Max, 130

Milloy, Steve, 208–209, 217, 230

Minamata, 67

Mitigation, 153, 221–222

Modeling, 35, 38, 56–58, 83, 101–102, 217, 222, 231–232, 258–262, 265–267, 270, 287, 298n22, 316n48

Modernity, 7, 20, 21, 27–29, 30, 107–108, 109–110, 111, 136, 148, 161, 170, 274–275

Mont Pèlerin Society (MPS).
See
Hayek, Friedrich von

Mooney, Chris, xxiv, 209

Moore, Bette, 197

Morales, Evo, 154

More, Sir Thomas, 135, 144

Morgan, Hugh, 199, 202, 313n43

Mshana, Rogate, 276

Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), 252

Murdoch, Rupert, 123, 135, 148–149, 184

Murphy, Chris, 262

Nader, Ralph, 190, 202

Naidoo, Kumi, 243

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), 169, 173–178, 182–183, 190, 192, 197, 201, 203, 206, 216, 309n37

Navarro, Angelica, 153

Neoliberalism, 29, 40, 66, 78, 79–83, 87–91, 93–98, 100–103, 112–113, 117, 122, 124, 127–128, 139, 149, 152, 155, 161, 172, 195, 197–198, 201, 210, 227, 233, 239–241, 251–254, 257, 274, 276–277, 279, 282, 302n49, 303n22, 306n16, 320n8

attitude to government, 81, 89–90, 178, 180, 146, 194, 197, 199, 212, 220, 234, 245, 280

deregulation, 78, 93, 94, 96–97, 100, 155–156, 172, 175, 198, 204, 231, 239, 241, 250–253, 279–280 (
see also
Regulation)

against government welfare, 93, 97, 112, 117, 151–152, 175, 177, 240–241

privatization, 48–49, 78, 93, 96, 99, 112, 240–241

against regulation, 27, 40, 60, 88, 93, 99, 127, 132, 146, 163, 169, 179, 189, 204, 207, 216, 227–229, 231, 239, 249, 272, 279, 280 (
see also
Corporations, against environmental protection)

tax reduction, 88, 93, 96–98, 117, 121, 172, 183, 241

user pays, 275

Neo-Malthusianism.
See
Malthusianism

New Deal, 88, 93, 173–174, 177, 179, 181, 250

new economics foundation, 120, 288

Newfoundland cod fishery, 84, 94–95

Newman, Maurice, 237–238, 319n119

New Right (Australia), 213–214.
See also
Neoliberalism

Nicaragua, 240

Nierenberg, William, 217, 219–222, 231

Nitrogen, 10–11, 146, 204, 220, 267, 271

Nixon, Richard, 34, 56, 91, 96, 190, 202, 214, 257

Nordhaus, William, 57–58, 160, 222

Norgaard, Richard, 27–30

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 252

O’Connor, Mark, 291

OECD, 112, 118, 242, 252

Oil, 3, 7–8, 11, 13, 20, 23–24, 58, 62, 94, 103, 108, 153, 160, 214, 233, 261–262, 268

kerogen (oil shale), 24, 295n26

oil shocks, 78, 91–92, 233, 244, 275

peak oil, 13, 93, 263

price of, 91–93, 94, 262–263

shale oil (tight oil), 24, 233, 263–264, 295n26

tar sands, 24, 233

and trade, 115

Okrent, Daniel, 235

Ok Tedi River, 67, 84

OPEC, 91–92

Opinion Research Corporation (ORC), 183, 187, 312n17

Optimal allocation, 1, 80, 81–82, 83, 128, 277

Optimal scale.
See
Scale

Oreskes, Naomi, 219–220

Osborn, Fairfield, 33, 43–45, 47, 49, 54, 185, 188