Rocky Mountain News: Opinion: "We are not leaving future generations worse off. Rather, today's bounty is leaving them with more capital and larger stocks of natural resources.
The basis of a better environment turns out to be the same 'secret' behind all other success stories, human ingenuity. As humankind grows more creative in using the natural world to improve life, the natural world responds with bounty. Julian Simon believed that the ultimate resource is human ingenuity. 'With every mouth comes two hands and a mind,' he said.
Or, as the great political economist Aaron Wildavsky put it, scarcity has yet to win a race with creativity."
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