CSPAN2 Discussion July 3, 2024
Minutes. Good morning. Im the director of domestic policy at the American Enterprise institute and its my pleasure to welcome you all to this event, 30 years of environmental progress, is it time at last to be optimistic in optimistic . In 1968 a book was published called the population bomb. The book repurposed the ideas of 18th century economist thomas malus to argue that population growth would soon outpace agricultural growth leading to widespread famine and other social and ecological crises. These ideas took hold of the American Environmental movement which adopted a broadly , pessimisti...