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? asked in Social ScienceEconomics · 1 decade ago

What will happen to us if the world economy and use of natural resources stays the same?

If there are no major changes, what do you think will the impact on the people of this planet be?

Considering:

Climate change

Finite resources

Dependency on oil

Debt

Savings lost

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Have you bothered thinking about this at all or are you hoping to have us do your homework?

    The result will be disaster but exactly what kind of disaster depends on what you mean by "stays the same".

    Now that the biggest economies in the world are growing again, do you mean the growth continues at the current rate or that the growth stops and that the GDP continues at the current rate? Are you allowing for new technology or not? Are you assuming a constant population or the current rate of population growth? etc.

    Of course, on matter what your definition of "stays the same", in reality, it isn't possible. The only constant in the universe is change. But it would affect the outcome. For example, the Chinese government is pretty sure that its people will revolt if their economy doesn't grow at least 8% per year. So which comes first, revolt in China or eco-catastrophy?

    Also, the current use of natural resources is already unsustainable, so the long term use of natural resources cannot stay the same.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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