Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet (64 page)

Ostrom, Elinor, 48

Overproduction, 71, 172, 273

Overshoot, 278

Pachauri, Rajendra, 215

Packard, Vance, 74–75

Padel, Felix 137

Parenti, Michael, 194

Parry, David, 169

Patkar, Medha, 140

Patnaik, Prabhat, 251

Patnaik, Utsa, 139–141

Pauly, Daniel, 95

Paxman, Jeremy, 217

Pearse, Guy, 223–224, 317n53

Peasants.
See
Farmers

Peccei, Aurelio, 51, 62, 246

Petrodollars, 92, 116

Phillips, Kevin, 251

Pie, growing of, 60, 107, 110, 111, 123–124, 165, 181–183, 189, 271–274, 276–277

Pinochet, Augusto, 89–90, 97, 240

Philippines, 37, 46, 116

Phnom Penh, 148

Phosphorus, 10–11, 145, 271

Planetary boundaries, 15, 16–17, 281

Plutonomy Report (Citigroup), 95, 276

Pogge, Thomas, 119–120

Polarization of rich and poor.
See
Concentration of wealth

Political economy, 79, 113, 197, 277, 300n1

Politicization of environmental issues, 226, 279, 324n24

Pollution, 16, 17, 24, 35, 37, 40, 48, 49, 57, 59–60, 67, 83, 84–85, 137, 146, 153, 154, 158–159, 160, 188, 194, 205, 206, 213, 223–225, 228, 229–230, 231, 249, 264, 265–267, 268, 280, 281, 294n1

lead, 221, 229–230, 238

Ponting, Clive, 18–19

Population growth, 4, 8, 19, 24, 26–27, 33–37, 39–40, 41–43, 44, 45, 47, 49–50, 51, 54–55, 59, 61, 70, 75, 102–103, 110, 111, 127, 146, 147, 158, 258, 265–267, 269–270, 273, 281, 282, 290–291

surplus population, 110, 145

Potter, Wendell, 227

Poverty, xxiv, 17, 36–37, 39, 54–55, 60–61, 86, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105–107, 111, 113, 116, 119–124, 125–126, 127, 128, 129, 135, 137, 139, 143–145, 149–154, 162, 184, 242, 273, 274, 276–277, 281, 306n3

extreme poverty, 119–124, 139 (
see also
Millennium Development Goals)

non–middle class poverty, 101–103

Powell, Lewis, 189–192, 200, 202–203, 209, 216, 235, 236

Powell Memo.
See
Powell, Lewis

Precautionary principle, 229, 250

Price on carbon.
See
Emissions trading scheme

Price signals, 16, 26, 30, 40, 56–57, 58, 59, 61–62, 81, 84–85, 86, 91–92, 93, 94–95, 146, 158, 167, 263, 267–268, 272, 277

Pring, George, 210

Private enterprise, 152, 167.
See also
Market economy

critics of, 43–45, 49

reliance on growth, 66, 72, 75, 88

said to be threatened, 189–191, 199, 235

selling of, 88, 165, 169, 170–185, 187–196, 199–200, 202, 278–280

Productivity, 28, 70–71, 75, 81–82, 86, 108, 148, 166, 182, 184, 267, 276, 277–278

agricultural, 144–147, 265

Profit motive, 43, 45, 49, 55, 66–67, 69, 71, 76, 78, 83–86, 94–95, 157, 162, 180, 212–13, 229, 233, 235, 251, 272, 275, 277–278

Progress, 18, 27–29, 45, 51–52, 54, 58, 66, 70, 72, 77, 84, 107–109, 142–3, 146, 148, 157, 158–160, 161–162, 176, 213–214, 227, 229, 246, 274–275, 278, 279, 281, 283, 290

Propaganda, 71, 75, 76, 88, 96, 98, 165, 170–185, 187–188, 192–209, 231, 278–279.
See also
Public relations

propaganda specialist, 75–76, 181, 188, 234

Property ownership, 5, 36, 47–49, 87, 88, 106, 122, 129, 155, 171, 174

Property rights.
See
Economic freedom

Public, alleged limitations, 75–77

Public relations (PR), 71, 73–77, 165, 169–175, 177, 179–180, 185, 188, 192–193, 196, 201, 204, 206, 213, 219, 223, 227, 229–230, 234–235

Public service announcements (US), 182, 193–194

Purchasing power parity (PPP), 120

Quiggin, John, 262

Radio, 73–74, 172, 175–177, 207–208, 273

Rand, Ayn, 80, 199

Randol, Randy.
See
ExxonMobil

Raymond, Lee.
See
ExxonMobil

Reagan, Ronald, 34, 36, 40, 93, 97–98, 203–4, 212, 215, 220–223, 243, 257

Rebound effect.
See
Jevons paradox

Reddy, Sanjay, 119–121

Rees, William, 257

Regulation, 43–44, 48, 59–60, 86–87, 88, 126, 132, 170, 180, 183, 188–189, 202, 204–205, 214, 216, 220–221, 229–230, 233, 235, 239, 248–250, 253–254, 272, 279–280, 282, 291

Reich, Charles, 190

Resilience, 85.
See also
Efficiency

Resources for the Future, 45, 57

Revolving door, 211, 224, 225, 240

Rhetoric, 112, 177, 178, 196, 207, 210, 211

in attack on
Limits to Growth
, 52–54, 61

neoliberal rhetoric, 93, 97, 123, 155

of denial, 226–228

reverse, 228–233

use of images and symbols, 74, 75–77, 175–177, 180

Ridicule as critique, 45, 52–54, 189, 217, 232, 237, 258–259, 280

Ridley, Matt, 262

Rippa, Alexander, 192

Rio Declaration, The
.
See
Rio Earth Summit

Rio Earth Summit, 38, 128–130, 131, 132, 214, 237, 259

Road to Serfdom, The
.
See
Hayek, Friedrich von

Robber barons, 98, 169

Rockefeller, David, 245

Rockefeller, Jay, 209

Rockström, Johan, 281

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 85, 88, 174, 178, 180–182, 200

Rosenthal, Benjamin, 194

Ross, Eric, 36–37, 45

Rostow, Walt, 108, 130, 144, 148, 161, 166

Roy, Arundhati, 122, 155, 161

Rudd government, 224–225

Ruddiman, William, 19

Ruggiero, Renato, 113

Sachs, Jeffrey, 240

Sachs, Wolfgang, 17, 105, 132, 277

Said, Edward, 111

Sanders, Richard, 289–290

Sanitation, 44, 145–149, 155

Santer, Ben, 231

Sarkozy, Nicolas, 252

Sayle, Murray, 65

Scaife, Richard Mellon, 90, 191–193, 315n95

Scale, 11, 13, 15–16, 19–20, 22, 25–27, 30, 39, 60, 66, 74, 78, 127, 136, 150, 181, 213, 264, 269, 271–272, 285

economies of, 66, 283

Scarcity, 10, 26, 40, 41, 55, 56–58, 67–68, 85, 92–93, 94, 184, 259, 263,

Scargill, Arthur, 243

Schelling, Thomas, 221–222, 316n48

Schumpeter, Joseph, 16, 72, 99, 221

Schwab, Klaus, 242–244

Science, 34, 43, 52, 54, 108, 235–236, 238.
See also
Balance; Doubt, creation of

attack on, 189, 210, 211–213, 217–220, 224, 226, 227, 231, 279

junk science and sound science, 208, 220, 228–232

Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), 208, 217, 231

Scientific Revolution.
See
Modernity

Scott, Vernon, 179

Scott, W. D., 196

Seabrook, Jeremy, 133

Seitz, Fred, 217, 219, 231

Seitz, Russell, 231

Self-interest, xxv, 48, 66, 77, 79–81, 129, 246, 299n3

Shiva, Vandana, 49, 84–85, 146–147, 157, 161

Silk, Leonard, 60

Simms, Andrew, 120, 123, 288

Simon, Julian, 58, 217–218, 258, 262

Singapore, 124, 305n62

Singer, Fred, 208, 217, 219–221, 223, 230, 235

Sinks, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26, 153, 161, 255, 275, 277, 278

Sklar, Paul, 181, 188

Slavery, 3–4, 61, 106, 110

Sloan, Alfred Jr., 174

Slums.
See
Urbanization

Smil, Vaclav, 225

Smith, Adam, 5, 66, 79–80, 105, 167, 298n3

Smith, Richard, 291–292

Snowe, Olympia, 209, 314n95

Sobels, Jonathan, 290

Socialism, 12, 54, 81, 89, 97, 196, 220, 235, 240, 281–282

Socolow, Robert, 59

Soil, 9–10, 11, 22, 29, 43–45, 50, 85, 145, 146, 157, 161, 185, 213, 238, 267

fertility crisis, 10–11

Solo, Robert, 24, 59

Solomon, Norman, 99

Solow, Robert, 18, 31, 59–60

South Korea, 99, 113, 115, 117, 123, 143, 180, 232, 242, 244, 305n62

Sovereignty, 39, 127, 129, 232, 244, 252, 306n16

Speculation.
See
Financialization

Spain, 4, 106, 245, 248, 249

Species loss, 5, 124, 128, 136, 140, 231, 271

Stabilized world run.
See
World3

Stagflation, 91–92, 97, 242

Standard run.
See
World3

Stationary state.
See
Steady-state economy

Steady-state economy, 26–27, 55, 70, 100, 181, 281, 285–288

Stern, Nicholas, 85

Stiglitz, Joseph, 253

Stockholm Conference, 38–39, 126

Stone, Diane, 198

Støre, Jonas Gahr, 245

Straggler.
See
Truman, Harry

Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), 210

Stretton, Hugh, 83

Strong, Maurice, 38–39, 62

Structural adjustment programs (SAPs), 112–113, 117, 130, 240

Subsidies, 85, 95, 114, 152

Subsistence.
See
Farmers

Substitution, 11, 16, 30–31, 40, 56, 58, 62, 95, 263, 275

Summers, Larry, 294n1

Sustainability, 20, 25, 27, 44, 53, 95, 101, 123, 124, 125–130, 132–133, 160, 214, 255, 267, 270, 275, 285–286, 290

Sustainable development.
See
Sustainability

Sweatshops, 68, 143, 155

Tainter, Joseph, 44

Taiwan, 113, 115, 124, 305n62

Tata, 138

Tax havens, 122, 309n10

Technological advance, 3, 6–7, 9–10, 12, 22, 24, 28–31, 37, 40, 54, 56–57, 58–59, 66, 108, 144, 157, 160, 188, 212, 222, 235, 262, 265–267, 269–270, 272, 275, 286, 290

Technology transfer, 129, 130

Tea party movement, 192, 207, 226

Television, 8, 73–74, 180

Texaco, 84, 217

Thailand, 37, 117

Thakur, Rameswar, 138

Thatcher, Margaret, 81, 93, 96–98, 204, 282, 301n43

The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC), 209, 217, 229–230

Thermodynamics, second law, 16, 21–25, 27

Think tanks, 89, 96, 97, 98, 180, 183, 185, 188–189, 191–193, 195–202, 206, 207, 209, 213–219, 223–224, 226, 230, 231, 232–235, 236, 238, 239, 242–243, 252, 254, 258–259, 264, 279–280, 283, 314n95, 316n27

as artillery, 200, 233, 280

inside universities, 195, 207

supposed independence, 196–198, 201, 214–215, 238, 280

Thorsen, Dag, 90

Tobacco industry, 126, 201–202, 219, 230, 238, 279.
See also
Doubt, creation of

Tobin tax, 252

Tragedy of the commons.
See
Commons

Trainer, Ted, 291–292

Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
See
Trans-Pacific Partnership

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 253, 282

Tribals.
See
Adivasis

Trickle-down effect, 155

Tridico, Pasquale, 249

Trilateral Commission, 245–246, 247, 321n26

Trudeau, Pierre, 40, 62, 257–258

Truman, Harry, 28, 107–112, 119, 124, 130, 153, 245, 278

Turner, Graham, 265–267, 290

Ultra-rich, 95, 121–122, 154–156, 170, 275–276

Unconscious, 75–76, 180

Unemployment.
See
Jobs

Unions, 70, 88, 93, 96, 98, 99, 116, 143, 155, 165–166, 169, 172, 176, 178–179, 182–184, 202, 204, 224, 243–244, 247, 252, 273, 276, 311n82

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 121, 275

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 38, 257, 259

United East Indies Company (VOC), 65–66

Untouchables.
See
Dalits

Urbanization, 3, 10, 12, 41, 61, 101, 108, 136, 139, 143–148, 150

Uruguay Round.
See
WTO

Utilities, 88, 172, 219–220, 224–225, 238

Vedanta Resources, 137–138

Verney, Ralph, 39

Victor, Peter, 286–287

Viravaidya, Mechai, 37

Vitali, Stefania, 155, 243

VOC.
See
United East Indies Company

Vogt, William, 33, 43–45, 49, 54, 185, 188

Volcker, Paul, 97, 116

Wackernagel, Mathis, 102, 257

Wade, Robert, 115, 120–121

Waldman, Amy, 160–161

Walker, S. H., 181, 188

Wall, Wendy, 177

Wallerstein, Immanuel, xxii

Wallich, Henry 58

Wall Street crash.
See
Great Depression

Walras, Léon, 82

Walters, Brian, 210

Washington consensus, 241, 320n8

Water, 132, 139–140, 145, 149, 155, 161, 277, 278.
See also
Dams

conservation of, 34, 48

depletion of, 44, 46, 50, 84–85, 128, 146, 150, 158–159, 264, 271, 273, 289

pollution of, 10–11, 22, 49, 84, 146, 213, 230, 264, 323n29

privatization of, 49, 139

Watson, Harlan, 215

Watson, Robert, 215

Watts, Anthony, 209

Welfare, 42–43, 84, 126, 152, 180–181, 183, 274

West, Paul, 179

Whelan, Elizabeth, 217

Whitlam, Gough, 199–200, 313n51

Williams, Bob, 234

Williams, Raymond, 54–55

Williamson, John, 241

Wilson, Woodrow, 170

Wise use movement, 206–207, 234, 236

Wolf, Martin, 123

Wolff, Max Fraad, 254

Woodward, David, 120, 123, 288

Woolley, Paul, 86, 251

World Bank, xxiv, 15, 22, 30, 34, 62, 101–102, 109, 111–115, 117, 119–121, 123–124, 126, 127, 139, 149, 150, 162, 239–240, 242, 243, 245, 246, 282, 293n8

World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED).
See
Brundtland Commission

World Economic Forum (WEF), 242–244, 246, 247, 320n14

World government, 39, 220, 227, 232, 252, 321n26

World3, 35, 258–259, 261, 265–267, 270

WTO, 29–30, 62, 113, 114, 126–127, 132, 232, 238, 242, 246–250, 252–254, 282, 321n31

dispute panels, 29–30, 248–250

Yue, Pan, 158–159

Yunus, Muhammad, 243